I found this old article in the Terre Haute newspaper from 1945 about Uncles in WWII. Mr. and Mrs. Neils Heramb Sr., 3033 South Sixth, have four service stars hanging in their window for their three boys in the Navy and one in the Infantry. Radioman 3/c Herbert Heramb was the first one to enlist. He joined up in December of 1941, shortly after Pearl Harbor. After taking his boot training at Great Lakes, he went to San Diego, Calif., for radio training, finishing in July of that year and then went to sea. He has been in the Pacific theatre of war all the time except for a short period when he had to be brought back to the States after an appendicitis operation at sea, in March, 1943. He had been on the USS J. Franklin Bell and that little matter of an operation saved him from being on the ship when it was sunk while he was in the States. The next boy to enlist in the Navy was Roy, Watertender 3/c, who went in July 29, 1942. Roy was home on leave in January and his manly breast was covered with ribbons and stars representing just about every battle from Iceland to the Philippines. He had his first sea duty around Iceland and then went to the South Pacific and participated in combat from the Marshall Islands up to the last one of the Philippine Sea, and has won 14 Bronze Stars. At present he is at the Atlantic Fleets Naval Training Station at Newport, R. I., preparing for duty aboard a heavy Navy cruiser of the fleet. He has been a lucky boy for hes never been wounded except for an operation for appendicitis also. S/Sgt. Neils Heramb, Jr., was the third son to go into service and he joined the Infantry in November, 1942. He is with a Medical detachment in Germany at present, handling supplies and reports. He took most of his training with a medical detachment at Camp Howe, Texas, going overseas in April of this year. He landed in France on April 20, and before V-day was in Germany. Neils is the only one of the boys who is married. His wife, the former Eva Mae Rost, is employed at the Quartermaster Dept. at Jeffersonville, Ind., where he was also employed before he entered the service. S 1/c William Heramb, the youngest of the boys, enlisted in submarine service on Aug. 27, 1943. He trained at Great Lakes and then went to New London, Conn., for submarine school. He went to the Pacific in June of last year. On his way from the east coast to the west coast he passed through Terre Haute and had six minutes here but his parents didnt know he was going through and didnt have a glimpse of him. But one last glimpse of the old home town probably was satisfying to him even if he didnt see his folks. Mr. and Mrs. Heramb also have a son-in-law in the service, Pfc. Grester Hayworth, who went overseas last November and is some place in Europe at present. He is the only one of the boys who has been wounded, having received a wound in Belgium on Jan. 9, of this year. He was hospitalized in England but the wound was slight and he was back in action shortly afterwards. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Boone Hayworth of Farmersburg. His wife, the former Elva Heramb, and two children, Chester and Judy Ann, live at 2918 Harding avenue.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:32:14 +0000
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