Don Moos

November 6, 1941 Davenport Times-Tribune

Fifty-four men at Washington State college have been chosen for a temporary ROTC rifle team. Included in this group are John Raymer, Jr., and Virgil Zier of Davenport, Herman Rock of Wilbur, and Donald Moos of Edwall. The final rifle squad will be chosen after a month of practice and coaching.

October 8, 1942 Davenport Times-Tribune

Recruits Join Armed Services

The county draft board was [informed]...of three students, who are attending the Washington State college. These include ... Donald Moos of Edwall... . Moos was a basketball star while attending Edwall.

October 14, 1943 Davenport Times-Tribune

Private Donald W. Moos of Edwall, has reported to the College of the City of New York for special instruction under the army specialized training program. More that 1800 soldiers have been assigned to the college for special training in such fields as engineering, foreign languages and the "basic phase." The course Private Moos is taking will be completed in approximately nine months.

April 13, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

Private Donald W. Moos, son of Will Moos of Edwall, has arrived at the basic training center, army air force training command, Greensboro, N. C. While attached to that station, Private Moos will take basic training and physical conditioning preliminary to becoming an aviation cadet.

He attended Washington state college, where he was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and graduated in February, 1943. He entered the service March 1, 1943, and was sent to Fort Lewis.

May 25, 1944 Davenport Times-Tribune

EDWALL--Mr. and Mrs. Will Moos took Private Don Moos to Spokane Saturday where he took a train to Camp Atterbury, Ind. Returning home, they saw a doe deer on the highway just west of Reardan.

January 25, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Mr. and Mrs. Will Moos of Edwall have been confused by the contradiction of a letter and an official army telegram. The wire arrived last week informing them that their son, Donald W. Moos, was "missing in action" at Luxembourg on December 21, while the letter dated December 24 from the youth, reported that he was well and had been promoted from private first class to sergeant.

Sergeant Moos has been overseas in the European theater of war since September. He has been with an infantry unit and was known to have seen action in German and Luxembourg, but was now believed to have been moved back to France since the German offensive.

August 16, 1945 Davenport Times-Tribune

Sergeant Donald Moos Weds Miss Parmalee J. Brouillard

Sergeant Donald W. Moos, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Moos of Edwall, and Miss Parmalee J. Brouillard, of Mrs. Marie Brouillard of Sunnyside, were married Sunday afternoon, August 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Episcopal church at Sunnyside in a double ring ceremony.

The bride, wearing an ivory satin wedding gown and carrying a large bouquet of cerise roses tied with cerise ribbon, was given away by her uncle, Norman Bailey of Seattle.

The bride's cousin, Peggy Bailey of Seattle, was made of honor. Her bridesmaids, Patty Strauss of Edwall and Marilyn Miller of Sunnyside, dressing in all white gowns and carried flower filled hats. "The Lord's Prayer" was sung and the bridal party marched in to he tune of Lohengrin, with Joanne McCraig of Sunnyside at the organ. Howard W. Moos, brother of the groom, was best man. The church was decorated with white lighted candles, and a dozen large baskets filled with snow white gladioli.

An outdoor reception for the bride and groom was held at the Brouillard home immediately following the wedding and about 150 guests attended.

Mrs. Donald W. Moos attended Washington state college and was a member of Chi Omega sorority and for the past year was employed at the Frederick & Nelson store in Seattle as a buyer of millinery.

Sgt. Donald Moos attended the state college and was affiliated with Lambda Chi. He recently returned from the European theater of war. He holds the Purple heart, infantry combat badge, three battle stars, the good conduct medal and the Presidential citation.

The bride and groom are spending a short honeymoon at Columbia Gorge, after which they will spend the remainder of his furlough visiting his parents and his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Moos, in Spokane before reporting back to duty.

Mr. and Mrs. Will Moos and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Koch, grandparents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moos and daughters, Gaylene and Parmalee, of Spokane, Carl Gerkensmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. John Kuhn of Edwall attended the wedding.

Friends and relatives are invited to a reception to be given at the Will Moos ranch, Sunday afternoon, August 19.