Robert E Sahs

ROBERT E. SAHS
State College Juniors Sent To Ft. Benning's OCS BROOKINGS, [South Dakota] Dec.. 1 --- Forty-four State College juniors were to arrive in Fort Benning, Ga. where they will be enrolled in the Army Infantry Officers Candidate School. They left Brookings last weekend. Completed Basic Training Members of the group already have completed their basic infantry training, most of them being completed during the late spring or summer at Camp Wolters, Monumental Springs, Texas. Those successful in passing the rigorous training and selection requirements will be commissioned as second lieutenants in the United States army reserve. All are former members of advanced ROTC classes at State College. Since their return to campus early this fall they have been connected with the ASTP engineering unit stationed at the college. Members of the group are ... [beginning of last paragraph] Robert E., Sahs, Mobridge [SD] ... [The Daily Plainsman, Huron, SD, Thursday, December 2, 1943, Page 3]	[courtesy of Charles Bowman] Grave markers of Robert E. and Mary E. Sahs in Section I, Site 1626, Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso (El Paso county), Texas. Robert was commissioned 18 April 1944 and completed jump school. On 3 December 1945, 1st Lt. Sahs was transferred from the 101st Airborne Division to Hq Hq, 508rh PIR. While stationed in Frankfurt he met and married Marine Corps Sergeant May Elizabeth Krimmel. He went on to serve during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam. Attaining the rank of Lt. Colonel, he apparently was affected by a reduction in force (RIF) and had to accept a lesser grade of Chief Warrant Officer (CW-4) in order to serve out his pension limits. He completed his service years while stationed in El Paso at Fort Bliss and remained there after retirement.
Krimmel - Sahs Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Krimmel, 672 Berkeley Rd., are announcing the marriage of their daughter Marty Elizabeth to 1st Lt. Robert E. Sahs, son of Mrs.. Charlotte Sahs of Watertown, Wis., on March 15 in Frankfurt Germany. The double ring ceremony was performed in the Catholic Chapel by the Right Rev. Monsignor E.V. Barnes officiating. The bride's gown was white parachute silk fashioned on traditional lines with a fingertip veil. She carried an arm bouquet of white calla lilies. [Columbus Evening Dispatch, Columbus, OH, Sunday, April 13, 1947, page 50]
[transferred] CW4 W-4 Robert E. Sahs, Ft Bliss ... [The Lawton Constitution and Morning Press, Lawton, OK, Sunday, January 1, 1966, Page 6]
[retires] CW4 Robert E. Sahs, retires with grade of Lt. Col. after more than 26 years service. [The Lawton Constitution and Morning Press, Lawton, OK, Sunday, May 5, 1977, Page 2]