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Killed In Korea
Lt. Robert MacDonald, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin MacDonald of the Hudson Bay resort at Bayview, Idaho, was killed in action in Korea, October 28. He was an officer of company C, 31st regiment, seventh infantry division. He was a graduate of Bonners Ferry (Idaho) high school and the University of Idaho. His widow, Ruth Lotspeich MacDonald is a dietician for the Idaho club at the University of Idaho.
Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle - November 24, 1952
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis

IDAHO MAN COMMISSIONED
W. B. Dingle of Coeur d'Alene Graduates From Camp Funston
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Through the committee on public information the adjutant general's office gave out the names of graduates from the third officers' training camp at Camp Funston, Kas. Nearly half a hundred men from intermountain states and Pacific slope were in the list, being artillery. Those from Idaho and Oregon are: Black, Samuel, Portland, Ore.; Dingle, William B., Coeur d'Alene, Ida.
Source: Idaho Statesman - May 2, 1918
Submitted and transcribed by Sandra Davis

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