Harry Garber

June 3, 1937 Davenport Times-Tribune

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{{<clearfloat>}} Members of the class of 1937: Harry Anyan, Ralph Bly, Jack Carstens, Marion Carstens, Harry Garber, Phyllis Hein, Robert Henry, Mary Landt, Evelyn Magnson, Gilbert Miller, Bill Neely, Eleanor Nunn, Katherine Owens, Jack Paul, Evalyn Schultz, Lorraine Schwartz, Ward Stutheit, Herman Wagner, Mildred Wegner, Joseph Wynecoop.

December 19, 1940 Davenport Times-Tribune

Twenty-three to Answer Call

Twenty-three Lincoln county men, 11 of them, who have already volunteered for army service and the remaining 12, are the first persons actually to be drafted in Lincoln county, will report to the local draft board in Davenport at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 4, and then will be sent to the Spokane Armory for induction into army service. Jim Goodwin, clerk of the draft board, released the names of these men Wednesday. ...includes Eldred A. Heath, Reardan

Ten Lincoln county men reported to the local draft board at Davenport Monday morning and were sent from here to Spokane to the induction station at the Armory, where they were sworn in and sent to Camp Murray. These men include ... Harry Earl Garber, Robert J. Burns, and William H. “Bill” Merrill, Reardan;...

December 10, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Harry Garber, who is with the U.S. Army in Australia, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garber, that he is well and busy; also that he saw Eldred Heath, son of A. B. Heath and Grady Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Hughes of Pomeroy and former Reardan residents.

April 15, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

{{<figure src="/images/wwii/harry-garber-kangaroo.png" class="floatright" caption="Harry Garber and his kangaroo">}} Harry Garber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garber, recently sent home a picture of himself and his pet kangaroo. Needless to say, Garber is stationed in Australia.

Harry Garber went into the army service in March 1941 and was stationed at Fort Lewis until April 1942, when he was sent to Australia. He has been there since. He is a technician with a reconnaissance troop. Mr. Garber is a graduate of Reardan high school and was a star basketball player while in school. He also played with the Spring Creek Grange team.

March 8, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garber have received word last week that their son, Technical Sergeant Harry Garber, has been moved from Biak island to the Philippines. He entered the service four years ago, three years being spent overseas and served in the campaigns in the Australian and New Guinea theaters. Harry is with a reconnaissance unit in the 41st cavalry division. He graduated from the local high school and was working on his father's farm, when he entered the service.

April 26, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Technical Sergeant Harry Garber came Friday morning to spend a 21-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garber. He flew from the Philippines to San Francisco and stopped at Pearl Harbor. Sgt. Garber is with a cavalry reconnaissance division and entered the service four years ago, receiving his training at Fort Lewis. He spent three years in the Pacific, in Australia, New Guinea, New Netherlands East Indies and the Philippines. He will report to Santa Barbara, Calif., for his new assignment.

May 24, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

[partial... Sergeant Harry Garber was at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garber... that he is ... malaria at Fort Ord, Calif. He recently spent a three week furlough at home after being in the Pacific area for over three years.