John Robert Osterhage
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 13 September 1917, page 1
"We certainly are proud of our boys and only wish we had a few more to give to Uncle Sam!" That's the way H C Osterhage and wife, 931 Third av. Dayton, talk about their sons, Bernard, 17, now serving with the Marines in France, and John, 21, with the Marine Corps in some eastern port.
John wrote to his mother last week that he hears word being passed around that they are soon to embark for French soil and Bernard, who crossed the sea with General Pershing, writes home that the soldier's life in France is enjoyable. He says he is well, but gets lonesome at times. He asks his mother to send him newspapers and magazines.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 11 April 1918, page 1
John Osterhage, 19, of Third and Boone streets, Dayton, has just returned to his ship, the Ohio, stationed "somewhere off he Atlantic Coast." Osterhage although questioned by his friends as to the location of the ship refused to give out any information. He has been in the Navy since September.
Bernard Osterhage, 17, brother of John, is in France. The boy's mother says her other three sons are very anxious to enlist in the service of Uncle Sam. All three of them, however, are under 17 years of age.