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Madisonville Democrat, (Monroe Co. TN) Wednesday, February 7, 1945, Page 1:
“With Our Boys In Service---Alcoa: Pfc. Lester Bivens, son of Mr. & Mrs. Hamp Bivens, has been missing in Belgium since Dec. 18, according to a War Department telegram received by his wife, Mrs. Sidney E. Bivens of Sweetwater.
In service 16 months, he has been overseas two. He is in the Infantry, and trained in Kansas and Texas. He hold the Expert Rifleman’s badge, as well as the Sharpshooter’s badge.
A brother, Hubert Bivens, has just been promoted to Staff Sergeant somewhere in the European Theater. He holds the Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Cluster for heroic achievement. He has been overseas since June, and in the Army two and one-half years.”
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