The following February 4, 1943, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 5 column 2:
Family members and a few friends were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Trump Sunday at a dinner in honor of their son, Robert, who left this week for army service. Mrs. Robert Trump will stay with her parents at Fowler until her husband's return home.
The following article was found in the February 18, 1943, Lowell Tribune on page 2, column 1:
Stationed at Ft. Harrison
Pvt. Robert C. Trump has been transferred to Finance, Ft, Benjamin Harrison, Ind., for his basic training.
This March 25, 1943, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 4, column 1:
Promoted to Corporal
It is now Corporal Robert Trump, Bob having been given a promotion from Private recently. He was also honored by being chosen one of twenty army men to study advanced finance at Wake Forest, N.C.
This January 13, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 2:
Cpl. Robert Trump, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Trump, who had a 14-day leave recently, spent part of the time here last week and the remainder with his wife and baby at the home of her parents in Fowler. Robert has been in the finance department of the army air corps at Fresno, Calif., for some time, but has been transferred to Camp Kearns, Utah, in the same department.
This June 8, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 2, column 1:
Robert Trump in New Guinea
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Trump received word this week from their son, Cpl. Robert Trump, that he had arrived safely in New Guinea, where he is stationed in the finance division of the air corps. This is the first time the Trumps have heard from their son in several weeks.
The following August 24, 1944, Lowell Tribune article was found on page 5, column 6:
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Trump were in Fowler recently to attend the celebration of the second birthday of their little granddaughter, Tammerlee Ann, daughter of Cpl. and Mrs. Robert Trump. The little one and her mother are living with her parents, while Robert is with the U.S. forces in New Guinea.
This Lowell Tribune article was found in the September 20, 1945, issue (page 4, columns 2-3):
The following, in part, is a letter received by the Claude Trumps from their son, Cpl. Robert Trump, who is at present stationed on Ie Jima with a headquarters finance section:
It's Sunday evening and I've just returned from a rather poor show. This has been a day of leisure as well as a very important one in my life. Censorship regulations have been relaxed for the first time today (August 19) and it is now possible to tell you exactly where I'm located. It is off the northern tip of Okinawa, on the China side.
Today we watched the Japanese planes arrive here, carrying the peace emmissaries. They landed here and were transferred to one of our planes to be flown to Manila. It was a great thrill to actually see them arrive, for it means that this war is really over.
Undoubtedly you've heard, and perhaps read some of the so well written work of Ernie Pyle. He was the one newspaperman who was known as the G.I.'s war correspondent. This is the island where Ernie was killed by a Jap sniper. He is buried here and at the spot where he died the 77th Division has erected a beauriful little monumnet bearing an inscription which perfectly pays tribute to him. It says: "On this spot, (and the date), the 77th Division lost a buddy, Ernie Pyle." Simple words by men who were not strangers to violent, unexpected death. A man cannot but have acquitted himself well to inspire such a memoriam from fighting men.
Everything goes along pretty much as it did. We are really busy at the office inasmuch as the pay goes on regardless. Too, we are swamped with last month's work just coming in now. Already we've received a much lighter work day. We now commence at 8 a.m. and have lunch at 11:30 a.m., then back to work at 1 p.m. and quit at 4. This schedule shold give us plenty of recreation time and I propose to take full advantage of it.
It's too early to even hazard an opinion on getting home. My points total 68 as of May 12th of this year. Should there be a recount later on, I'll have credit for another campaign (5 additional points), plus a few more months in the army and overseas. I know that I stand somewhere about the 25th position among 5th air force finance men, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
Fortunately we arrived here after the fighting had ceased and the island had been cleaned up. Our only war experience came from night air raids by the Japs. Very few got through our fighter protection and it was more of a case of sweating out the air alert and being ready to hit the fox hole in the event the Jap did get near us and decide to drop some presents.
Last updated on JJanuary 13, 2012.
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