Breda Germans Are Loyal
Americans
The Des Moines Register, Sunday, May 16th
1943
Breda Folks May Have German Blood But
All of Them Are Loyal Americans
The
clipping at the left shows the five younger children of Ben and
Mary Nieland as they left for school at St. Bernard's Catholic
School in Breda. They are holding their lunch buckets and wishing
their mother Mary "Good-bye." The photo on the shelf
is of their brother, Arthur Nieland, who was reported as Missing
in Action in the Philippines. The photograph was taken in the
kitchen of their farm home located four and a half miles north
and one mile west of Breda. Nielands still live there today.
The caption reads:
Typical of the youth in the German community
of Breda are the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Ben A. Nieland,
bidding their mother good-by as they leave for school. Each carrying
a lunch pail, they are (left to right) Patrick, 19; Syril, 16;
Paul, 13; Jolene, 8, and Charlotte, 6. On the shelf is a picture
of another brother, Arthur, reported missing in the Philippines.
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