Parents:
Peter A. Eggers
B: Dec. 02, 1869
D: Mar. 05, 1927
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Theede
B: Apr. 08, 1876
D: Feb. 22, 1911
Raymond Eggers was born on November 12, 1907 in Hawarden, Iowa, to Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Eggers. Shortly after, the family moved to a farm northeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On Feb. 22, 1911, his mother died of Bright's disease at the age of 34 years. Peter quit farming and sent his five children to live with their maternal grandparents, Lena and Henry Theede in Gladbrook, Iowa. In 1918, the children moved back to Sioux Falls to live with their father. Ray was brother to Harold (Leora) Eggers, Walter (Daisy) Eggers, Leona (Harvey) Horn and Velma (Sam) Cross. He entered active service on Jan. 9, 1942 during World War II and was sent to the Philippines as an ambulance driver for the Army Medical Corps in the 115th Medical Battalion. When he showed us photos of the ambulances in his unit, they all looked newer except the one he drove. His looked old and beat up. He said that his ambulance looked just like all the others when it was assigned to him. But when he went out into the battle field and picked up the injured, he would lock his doors and remain until he could stop the bleeding and patch up the wounds. Working with animals on the farm gave him some insight into what needed to be done to get the men stablized. His ambulance would be ambushed with bullets, and the enemy would rock it and try to tip it over, but they never succeeded. Once he got the men stablized, he drove them to the medical facility. The other drivers would take off immediately for the medics and many of the wounded would die enroute. But Ray never lost a man in the field. He delivered every one of them alive. That's why in the photos, Ray's ambulance looked like it had been through a war, while the others still looked pretty much unscathed. Ray was a member of the American Legion in Brandon, South Dakota. The flag that was presented to his sister, Leona Horn, was given to the Brandon Cemetary where it flew on a flag pole that has his name on it. Someone once said that everybody has fifteen minutes of fame in his or her lifetime. Ray's fifteen minutes came in the Eastern Theater during World War II.
Peter A. Eggers
B: Dec. 02, 1869
D: Mar. 05, 1927
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Theede
B: Apr. 08, 1876
D: Feb. 22, 1911
Raymond Eggers was born on November 12, 1907 in Hawarden, Iowa, to Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Eggers. Shortly after, the family moved to a farm northeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On Feb. 22, 1911, his mother died of Bright's disease at the age of 34 years. Peter quit farming and sent his five children to live with their maternal grandparents, Lena and Henry Theede in Gladbrook, Iowa. In 1918, the children moved back to Sioux Falls to live with their father. Ray was brother to Harold (Leora) Eggers, Walter (Daisy) Eggers, Leona (Harvey) Horn and Velma (Sam) Cross. He entered active service on Jan. 9, 1942 during World War II and was sent to the Philippines as an ambulance driver for the Army Medical Corps in the 115th Medical Battalion. When he showed us photos of the ambulances in his unit, they all looked newer except the one he drove. His looked old and beat up. He said that his ambulance looked just like all the others when it was assigned to him. But when he went out into the battle field and picked up the injured, he would lock his doors and remain until he could stop the bleeding and patch up the wounds. Working with animals on the farm gave him some insight into what needed to be done to get the men stablized. His ambulance would be ambushed with bullets, and the enemy would rock it and try to tip it over, but they never succeeded. Once he got the men stablized, he drove them to the medical facility. The other drivers would take off immediately for the medics and many of the wounded would die enroute. But Ray never lost a man in the field. He delivered every one of them alive. That's why in the photos, Ray's ambulance looked like it had been through a war, while the others still looked pretty much unscathed. Ray was a member of the American Legion in Brandon, South Dakota. The flag that was presented to his sister, Leona Horn, was given to the Brandon Cemetary where it flew on a flag pole that has his name on it. Someone once said that everybody has fifteen minutes of fame in his or her lifetime. Ray's fifteen minutes came in the Eastern Theater during World War II.
Parents:
Peter A. Eggers
B: Dec. 02, 1869
D: Mar. 05, 1927
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Theede
B: Apr. 08, 1876
D: Feb. 22, 1911
Raymond Eggers was born on November 12, 1907 in Hawarden, Iowa, to Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Eggers. Shortly after, the family moved to a farm northeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On Feb. 22, 1911, his mother died of Bright's disease at the age of 34 years. Peter quit farming and sent his five children to live with their maternal grandparents, Lena and Henry Theede in Gladbrook, Iowa. In 1918, the children moved back to Sioux Falls to live with their father. Ray was brother to Harold (Leora) Eggers, Walter (Daisy) Eggers, Leona (Harvey) Horn and Velma (Sam) Cross. He entered active service on Jan. 9, 1942 during World War II and was sent to the Philippines as an ambulance driver for the Army Medical Corps in the 115th Medical Battalion. When he showed us photos of the ambulances in his unit, they all looked newer except the one he drove. His looked old and beat up. He said that his ambulance looked just like all the others when it was assigned to him. But when he went out into the battle field and picked up the injured, he would lock his doors and remain until he could stop the bleeding and patch up the wounds. Working with animals on the farm gave him some insight into what needed to be done to get the men stablized. His ambulance would be ambushed with bullets, and the enemy would rock it and try to tip it over, but they never succeeded. Once he got the men stablized, he drove them to the medical facility. The other drivers would take off immediately for the medics and many of the wounded would die enroute. But Ray never lost a man in the field. He delivered every one of them alive. That's why in the photos, Ray's ambulance looked like it had been through a war, while the others still looked pretty much unscathed. Ray was a member of the American Legion in Brandon, South Dakota. The flag that was presented to his sister, Leona Horn, was given to the Brandon Cemetary where it flew on a flag pole that has his name on it. Someone once said that everybody has fifteen minutes of fame in his or her lifetime. Ray's fifteen minutes came in the Eastern Theater during World War II.
Peter A. Eggers
B: Dec. 02, 1869
D: Mar. 05, 1927
Wilhelmina "Minnie" Theede
B: Apr. 08, 1876
D: Feb. 22, 1911
Raymond Eggers was born on November 12, 1907 in Hawarden, Iowa, to Peter and Wilhelmina "Minnie" Eggers. Shortly after, the family moved to a farm northeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. On Feb. 22, 1911, his mother died of Bright's disease at the age of 34 years. Peter quit farming and sent his five children to live with their maternal grandparents, Lena and Henry Theede in Gladbrook, Iowa. In 1918, the children moved back to Sioux Falls to live with their father. Ray was brother to Harold (Leora) Eggers, Walter (Daisy) Eggers, Leona (Harvey) Horn and Velma (Sam) Cross. He entered active service on Jan. 9, 1942 during World War II and was sent to the Philippines as an ambulance driver for the Army Medical Corps in the 115th Medical Battalion. When he showed us photos of the ambulances in his unit, they all looked newer except the one he drove. His looked old and beat up. He said that his ambulance looked just like all the others when it was assigned to him. But when he went out into the battle field and picked up the injured, he would lock his doors and remain until he could stop the bleeding and patch up the wounds. Working with animals on the farm gave him some insight into what needed to be done to get the men stablized. His ambulance would be ambushed with bullets, and the enemy would rock it and try to tip it over, but they never succeeded. Once he got the men stablized, he drove them to the medical facility. The other drivers would take off immediately for the medics and many of the wounded would die enroute. But Ray never lost a man in the field. He delivered every one of them alive. That's why in the photos, Ray's ambulance looked like it had been through a war, while the others still looked pretty much unscathed. Ray was a member of the American Legion in Brandon, South Dakota. The flag that was presented to his sister, Leona Horn, was given to the Brandon Cemetary where it flew on a flag pole that has his name on it. Someone once said that everybody has fifteen minutes of fame in his or her lifetime. Ray's fifteen minutes came in the Eastern Theater during World War II.
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