Articles from the Mankato Free Press newspaper:
4/6/1945
JOHN ROBERTS KILLED ON IWO
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato route 1, was killed in action February 23 in the battle for Iwo Jima, his parents were informed Thursday by the Navy Department. Sergeant Roberts, a marine, had been overseas 14 months and Iwo Jima was the second invasion in which he participated. Guam was his first.
Born February 18, 1921, Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his twenty-fourth birthday. Two days later he was killed. He entered service August 22, 1942, and trained at San Diego before being assigned to Mare Island in California for eight months. He was home on leave in July, 1943, and returned to San Diego for further training, leaving for overseas the following December. He landed on New Caledonia on Chistmas day and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
4/19/1945
PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY FOR SGT. ROBERTS
The article stated that a memorial service was to be held at Zion Presbyterian Church and repeated much of the same information from the previous article.
7/28/1945
PARENTS RECIEVE PURPLE HEART FOR SGT. JOHN ROBERTS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts of Mankato route 1 have received a purple heart awarded to their son, Marine Sergeant John Dean Roberts, who was killed on Iwo Jima February 23.
In a letter witten by Lieutenant Harold Judson, in the intelligence air corps service, 21st bomber command, to his wife the former Elizabeth James of Mankato and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, he told them about finding Sgt. Roberts' grave on Iwo . Judson flew to Iwo from Guam on Memorial day.
"The primary purpose of my visit was to find John's grave," he wrote in his letter dated May 30, 1945. "They had no record of a grave for him at marine headquarters on our island, but I was not satisfied with that statement and that, as yet, he had none. At the marine cemetery I found the spot where he was buried. It was with a different division and they are going to put a regular marker on his grave some time this week,
"I walked about two and one-half miles in the dust and hot sun to reach the cemetery and, believe me, I was a wet,dirty, bedraggled mess when I got there...(rest of article is missing)
3/22/1948
2 GI BODIES TO BE RETURNED
The remains of two former Mankato servicemen who lost their lives in the Pacific area will arrive here soon for final burial rites.
They are:
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato, Route 1, who was killed at Iwo Jima February 23, 1945.
Seaman Charles L. Mason ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mason who drowned off Guam July 21, 1945.
Roberts was killed during the bitter fighting in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He entered the marine corps August 22, 1942, trained in San Diego and was assigned to Mare Island, California for eight months. He landed on New Caledonia and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
He remained there until the invasion of Guam and was stationed there intil he went to Iwo.
A member of the famed third marine division. Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his 24th birthday.
Roberts was graduated from Mankato high school where he played football, in 1939. He worked a year at the International Harvester company in Mankato and was employed on his father's farm just before entering the service.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Ann and Ruth. Johnson-Boman will handle funeral arrangements and burial will be in Minneopa Cemetery.
4/6/1945
JOHN ROBERTS KILLED ON IWO
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato route 1, was killed in action February 23 in the battle for Iwo Jima, his parents were informed Thursday by the Navy Department. Sergeant Roberts, a marine, had been overseas 14 months and Iwo Jima was the second invasion in which he participated. Guam was his first.
Born February 18, 1921, Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his twenty-fourth birthday. Two days later he was killed. He entered service August 22, 1942, and trained at San Diego before being assigned to Mare Island in California for eight months. He was home on leave in July, 1943, and returned to San Diego for further training, leaving for overseas the following December. He landed on New Caledonia on Chistmas day and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
4/19/1945
PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY FOR SGT. ROBERTS
The article stated that a memorial service was to be held at Zion Presbyterian Church and repeated much of the same information from the previous article.
7/28/1945
PARENTS RECIEVE PURPLE HEART FOR SGT. JOHN ROBERTS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts of Mankato route 1 have received a purple heart awarded to their son, Marine Sergeant John Dean Roberts, who was killed on Iwo Jima February 23.
In a letter witten by Lieutenant Harold Judson, in the intelligence air corps service, 21st bomber command, to his wife the former Elizabeth James of Mankato and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, he told them about finding Sgt. Roberts' grave on Iwo . Judson flew to Iwo from Guam on Memorial day.
"The primary purpose of my visit was to find John's grave," he wrote in his letter dated May 30, 1945. "They had no record of a grave for him at marine headquarters on our island, but I was not satisfied with that statement and that, as yet, he had none. At the marine cemetery I found the spot where he was buried. It was with a different division and they are going to put a regular marker on his grave some time this week,
"I walked about two and one-half miles in the dust and hot sun to reach the cemetery and, believe me, I was a wet,dirty, bedraggled mess when I got there...(rest of article is missing)
3/22/1948
2 GI BODIES TO BE RETURNED
The remains of two former Mankato servicemen who lost their lives in the Pacific area will arrive here soon for final burial rites.
They are:
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato, Route 1, who was killed at Iwo Jima February 23, 1945.
Seaman Charles L. Mason ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mason who drowned off Guam July 21, 1945.
Roberts was killed during the bitter fighting in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He entered the marine corps August 22, 1942, trained in San Diego and was assigned to Mare Island, California for eight months. He landed on New Caledonia and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
He remained there until the invasion of Guam and was stationed there intil he went to Iwo.
A member of the famed third marine division. Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his 24th birthday.
Roberts was graduated from Mankato high school where he played football, in 1939. He worked a year at the International Harvester company in Mankato and was employed on his father's farm just before entering the service.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Ann and Ruth. Johnson-Boman will handle funeral arrangements and burial will be in Minneopa Cemetery.
Articles from the Mankato Free Press newspaper:
4/6/1945
JOHN ROBERTS KILLED ON IWO
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato route 1, was killed in action February 23 in the battle for Iwo Jima, his parents were informed Thursday by the Navy Department. Sergeant Roberts, a marine, had been overseas 14 months and Iwo Jima was the second invasion in which he participated. Guam was his first.
Born February 18, 1921, Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his twenty-fourth birthday. Two days later he was killed. He entered service August 22, 1942, and trained at San Diego before being assigned to Mare Island in California for eight months. He was home on leave in July, 1943, and returned to San Diego for further training, leaving for overseas the following December. He landed on New Caledonia on Chistmas day and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
4/19/1945
PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY FOR SGT. ROBERTS
The article stated that a memorial service was to be held at Zion Presbyterian Church and repeated much of the same information from the previous article.
7/28/1945
PARENTS RECIEVE PURPLE HEART FOR SGT. JOHN ROBERTS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts of Mankato route 1 have received a purple heart awarded to their son, Marine Sergeant John Dean Roberts, who was killed on Iwo Jima February 23.
In a letter witten by Lieutenant Harold Judson, in the intelligence air corps service, 21st bomber command, to his wife the former Elizabeth James of Mankato and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, he told them about finding Sgt. Roberts' grave on Iwo . Judson flew to Iwo from Guam on Memorial day.
"The primary purpose of my visit was to find John's grave," he wrote in his letter dated May 30, 1945. "They had no record of a grave for him at marine headquarters on our island, but I was not satisfied with that statement and that, as yet, he had none. At the marine cemetery I found the spot where he was buried. It was with a different division and they are going to put a regular marker on his grave some time this week,
"I walked about two and one-half miles in the dust and hot sun to reach the cemetery and, believe me, I was a wet,dirty, bedraggled mess when I got there...(rest of article is missing)
3/22/1948
2 GI BODIES TO BE RETURNED
The remains of two former Mankato servicemen who lost their lives in the Pacific area will arrive here soon for final burial rites.
They are:
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato, Route 1, who was killed at Iwo Jima February 23, 1945.
Seaman Charles L. Mason ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mason who drowned off Guam July 21, 1945.
Roberts was killed during the bitter fighting in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He entered the marine corps August 22, 1942, trained in San Diego and was assigned to Mare Island, California for eight months. He landed on New Caledonia and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
He remained there until the invasion of Guam and was stationed there intil he went to Iwo.
A member of the famed third marine division. Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his 24th birthday.
Roberts was graduated from Mankato high school where he played football, in 1939. He worked a year at the International Harvester company in Mankato and was employed on his father's farm just before entering the service.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Ann and Ruth. Johnson-Boman will handle funeral arrangements and burial will be in Minneopa Cemetery.
4/6/1945
JOHN ROBERTS KILLED ON IWO
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato route 1, was killed in action February 23 in the battle for Iwo Jima, his parents were informed Thursday by the Navy Department. Sergeant Roberts, a marine, had been overseas 14 months and Iwo Jima was the second invasion in which he participated. Guam was his first.
Born February 18, 1921, Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his twenty-fourth birthday. Two days later he was killed. He entered service August 22, 1942, and trained at San Diego before being assigned to Mare Island in California for eight months. He was home on leave in July, 1943, and returned to San Diego for further training, leaving for overseas the following December. He landed on New Caledonia on Chistmas day and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
4/19/1945
PLAN MEMORIAL SERVICES SUNDAY FOR SGT. ROBERTS
The article stated that a memorial service was to be held at Zion Presbyterian Church and repeated much of the same information from the previous article.
7/28/1945
PARENTS RECIEVE PURPLE HEART FOR SGT. JOHN ROBERTS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts of Mankato route 1 have received a purple heart awarded to their son, Marine Sergeant John Dean Roberts, who was killed on Iwo Jima February 23.
In a letter witten by Lieutenant Harold Judson, in the intelligence air corps service, 21st bomber command, to his wife the former Elizabeth James of Mankato and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, he told them about finding Sgt. Roberts' grave on Iwo . Judson flew to Iwo from Guam on Memorial day.
"The primary purpose of my visit was to find John's grave," he wrote in his letter dated May 30, 1945. "They had no record of a grave for him at marine headquarters on our island, but I was not satisfied with that statement and that, as yet, he had none. At the marine cemetery I found the spot where he was buried. It was with a different division and they are going to put a regular marker on his grave some time this week,
"I walked about two and one-half miles in the dust and hot sun to reach the cemetery and, believe me, I was a wet,dirty, bedraggled mess when I got there...(rest of article is missing)
3/22/1948
2 GI BODIES TO BE RETURNED
The remains of two former Mankato servicemen who lost their lives in the Pacific area will arrive here soon for final burial rites.
They are:
Sergeant John Dean Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mankato, Route 1, who was killed at Iwo Jima February 23, 1945.
Seaman Charles L. Mason ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mason who drowned off Guam July 21, 1945.
Roberts was killed during the bitter fighting in the invasion of Iwo Jima. He entered the marine corps August 22, 1942, trained in San Diego and was assigned to Mare Island, California for eight months. He landed on New Caledonia and later went to Guadacanal for advanced training.
He remained there until the invasion of Guam and was stationed there intil he went to Iwo.
A member of the famed third marine division. Roberts landed on Iwo Jima three days after his 24th birthday.
Roberts was graduated from Mankato high school where he played football, in 1939. He worked a year at the International Harvester company in Mankato and was employed on his father's farm just before entering the service.
Surviving are his parents and two sisters, Ann and Ruth. Johnson-Boman will handle funeral arrangements and burial will be in Minneopa Cemetery.
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