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Cerro Gordo County Iowa Military Index   U.S. DRAGOONS, IOWA TERRITORY On The Trails of the Dragoons   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CIVIL WAR CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS     Roster of Co. B 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry          1883 Civil War Pensioners          COTTRELL Civil War Pension          McLAUGHLIN Civil War Pension          Pvt. Charles B. SENIOR'S Civil War Letters          African-American Civil War Veterans          Capt. Henry I SMITH, Medal of Honor Recipient          Saga of Mason City's Civil War Statue G.A.R. Organized, 1881 Company A, 6th Infantry, 1887 Iowa in the Civil War An IAGenWeb Special Project  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Before They Went To War 100 Mason Cityans Enter War With Spain, 1898 SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS   Mark S. "Matt" BARRON   Stephen E. BARRON   William BELL   Pvt. William O. DEMO    Pvt. William KEELING   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * MASON CITYANS on MEXICAN BORDER Click on above photograph to view an enlargement; Click on your browser 'back' button to return to this webpage. [Globe-Gazette, June 01, 1953, Section 5, Page 11] Shown above is the 2nd Iowa Regiment, including A and D Companies from Mason City, which served on the Mexican border in 1916. The picture was taken at Las Balmas, near Brownsville, Tex., Jan. 26, 1917, shortly before the regiment returned to Iowa. In the row of officers in the foreground are Lt. Hanford MacNider, Capt. J. M. Heffner, Capt. Ory W. Garman and Lt. Con Helbig. The picture is the property of W. H. Paxton, a member of D Company. Shortly after returning to Mason City in March, 1917, the two local companies were mustered into service for World War I. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Iowa in the Great War An IAGenWeb Special Project WORLD WAR I Cerro Gordo World War I Roll of Honor Index Mason Cityans Help Defeat Kaiser     Globe-Gazette, Mason City Centennial Issue, Monday, June 01, 1953 Lt. General Hanford MacNIDER & The American Expeditatory Forces MOLE & THOMAS' WWI PHOTOGRAPHY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS IN WWI War I Vets Organize, 1919 VFW Post Organized in Mason City, 1922 World War I Exhibit WORLD WAR I VETERANS:    Pvt. Charles BORDEAN    Pvt. Milton D. (Olver) "Dutch" FULGHUM    Pvt. James M. GALLAGHER    Pvt. Arthur HARRIS    Cpl. Henry HOPP    Pvt. Harry A. KIMBALL      Pvt. Louis J. PION    Pvt. Pvt. Axel C. RASMUSSEN    2nd Lt. Clarence E. SCHIDE    Pvt. George Carl SHEPPELMAN    Pvt. James L. SUTTON   POST-WAR VETERANS:          Naval Cadets, 1936          Clear Lake Sailors, 1939   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Iowa in WWII An IAGenWeb Special Project   WORLD WAR II Before December 7, 1941     Auxiliary Flag     Dr. H. G. MARINOS, U.S. Army     Bob WINCHELL, U.S. Navy PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS REMEMBERS     Jim O'BRIEN  Dan KELLEY  Maurice KLECKNER  Robert LEAMAN  Harlan SEARLE REMEMBERING PEARL HARBOR     Jack CAPUTO  Chuck HARRIS  Harlan SEARLE WORLD WAR II DIRECTORY, Mason City Northern Iowans in WWII, 1942 THE MIGHTY 8th, U.S.A.A.F Mason City's Marines, 1942 WWII MIA, POW & Casualties, Globe Gazette, Nov. 03, 1945 Cerro Gordo Co. Soldiers, Battle of Midway Island, June 4-7, 1942 Cerro Gordo Co. Heroes Day, 1942 Globe-Gazette Military News, August 02, 1944    SURNAMES: ANDERSON, ANGELL, ARNOLD, BENTS, BLANCHETT, CHRISTENSEN, COLER, CRANE, DAHLSTROM, ELMAN, ENEBNET, FLICKENSTEIN, FLUGUM, FOSNESS, GALLUP, GIBBONS, GOWDY, GRUIS, FUERTIN, HAGEN, HALLDORF, HELGESON, HENRICKSON, HILLILAND, HUSETH, JACOBSEN, JOHNSON, KELSO, LEFFLER, LOCKRUM, MAGNANI, MARCHI, MARZEN, McGIRR, McNAMARA, MILLER, MOLANDER, MULLEN, MYERS, MYRE, OLSON, ORMSBY, PLATH, POTTER, RIEHLE, RODGERS, RUTH, RYE, SASSE, STRAND, SZYMECZKE, TATONE, TERRY, VAAGEN, VOLDING, WAGNER, WATTS, WHITLOW, ZIMMERMAN W.R.C. Memorial Service, August of 1944     Honoring Pfc. GARCIA, PlSgt. CROSS, Pfc. SCHULTZ, Sgt. WALDMOE, PHM HURIT, Sgt. ANDERSON, Sgt. FOWLER,     SM WENTWORTH, Sgt. McDOUGLE, Cpl. DYE, Pfc. SPRINGER, Pvt. PAXTON, 1st Lt. GROW, Pvt. FRAZIER, SSgt. RUHNKE. Navy Mothers Club, Clear Lake 1945 Mason Cityans on All Warfronts     Globe-Gazette, Mason City Centennial Issue, Monday, June 01, 1953 WWII VETERANS:    Iona AHRENS    "Rosie the Riveter"    Sgt. Joseph B. AMOS    K.I.A. Iwo Jima    S1C Virgil "Whitey" BARKHURST    Clear Lake    Raymond BEITH    USMC, 1942    2nd Lt. Roger H. BLEWETT    B-17 pilot    SSgt. Thomas J. BOYLE    Japanese POW    Capt. Walt BRAMBALL    of Mason City    2nd Lt. James R. BROWN    German POW    Pvt. William Anthony BURKE        "Brave Son, Brave Mother"    Pvt. John D. CANNELLA    Japanese POW    SGT. Lawrence George CARMANY    & obituary    PFC Eugene CHRISTENSON    V-Mail    Lt. Arthur L. CLARK    gravestone photograph    Lt. Ray Ellison CLOUGH    German POW   BKR 2/C June Georgetta COX    WAVES, August 1944    Pfc. George H. COFFIN    German POW    Sgt. William Charles CROSS    USMC K.I.A. June 15, 1944    Pfc. Robert H. DAHL    German POW    2nd Lt. Robert W. DANAHER    German POW    Pfc. Alex James DIETZ    German POW    Sgt. Wayne R. EALY    Awarded Bronze Arrowhead    Cpl. Leland Dale FAKTOR    Doolittle Raider    GM 3/C Marion Eugene FINDLING    died in service    Lt. Charles A. FISCHER    German POW    Pfc. Donald Rex FORD    K.I.A. Battle Tarawa    Robert E. "Bob" GIBSON    Remembers Iwo Jima    Pvt. Keith L. HAIGHT    German POW    Cpl. Dick HALFORD    In England    SSgt. Everett HANSON       Lt. Donald Grady HARRER    German POW    Joe HEARITY    USMC, 1942    Lt. Homer HOCKENBERRY    June of 1942    Rolan HOWARD    K.I.A. Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona    Sgt. Bynum C. JACOBSEN    Paratrooper    Cpl. Donald J. JENSEN    German POW    MM1/C Melvin LASKOWSKI    Pearl Harbor    Cpl. Alvin Jerome LAVIN    German POW    Pvt. Ora Dutson LYMAN    German POW    Pvt. Lloyd A. LYON    W.I.A. Guadacanal    Pvt. Harold A. MANSMITH    Torpedoman 1/C    SSgt. Roy B. MARTIN, Jr.    German POW    Seaman Lester "Ike" MOON    Torpedoman 1/C    Lt. Benny J. NOZICKA    German POW    Clarence T. OLSON    Shipfitter 3/C    SSgt. Phil ONG    German POW    SSgt. Paul PATTERSON     in Holland    Pvt. Ervin PEDERSEN    M.I.A.    Pvt. Kathryn A. PRAMER    WAC in England    Jim RANSOM    WWII & Korea    Keith ROLL    U.S. Army    Thomas RYE    in Iceland    Pvt. Karl V. SCHNEIDER    Panama Zone    S2C Ray SMITH    Received Discharge    2nd Lt. Melvin J. SPENCER    German POW    PHM Donald E. TAPSCOTT    Japanese POW    1st Sgt. George A. TIMM Jr.    Japanese POW    Richard UFFORD    Memorial Service    Lt. Richard E. VAUGHN    German POW    FM 1/C Melvin O. WHITNEY    aboard USS Marblehead    Sgt. Sherman E. WICKRE    German POW    Robert E. WIDDRINGTON    Memorial Service    Harold YOUNGER    A Veteran Remembers Stalag Luft I Liberated, Barth, Germany Remembering Pvt. Robert THOMAS Pvt. Stanley A. ARNESON, Fallen Sept. 22, 1951 WWII Veterans Honor Flight WWII Marine Veterans Share Stories, 2016     Larry CRONIN, John EASON, Ernie HUDSON and Gene PFERTZEL * * * * Cpl. William J. CRAWFORD, 1951 Richard MENNEN, World II & Korean War Veteran     * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   KOREAN WAR KOREAN WAR CASUALTIES KOREAN WAR VETERANS:    Cpl. Carl Jacob CLAUS    K.I.A. North Korean    Jerry Michael KARR    U.S. Air Force    John R. KING    U.S. Air Force    Cpl. Alvin Jerome LAVIN    K.I.A. South Korea    Edmund Marvin MULLEN    of Rockwell    Bob NEWMAN    U.S. Army    Jim RANSOM    U.S. Army    Edwin WASZAK    of Dougherty THEY SERVED WITH HONOR     KOREAN WAR VETERANS REMEMBER: A. James "Jim" Bonner    Russel "Russ" Borchardt    Robert "Bob" Echelbarger Nels Goldberg    Roland Gorkowski    Marlyn Hanson Chuck Harris    Harold Hopp    Harlan & Leighton Kreider Mel Kruckenberg    Kenneth Meacham    Wayne Osgood Roger Paulson    Keith Reason    Joe Rooney Korean War Exhibit   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VIETNAM WAR Vietnam by the numbers 115,000 Iowans served in all branches of military during the Vietnam War years, 1964 to 1973. Their average age was 19. Most were in Vietnam for at least one year. ~ Globe Gazette, May 05, 2016 Vietnam War Era Veterans:    PFC Ronald L. ROMIG    USMC    PFC Harlan W. SNOW    Returns to Duty VIETNAM WAR CASUALTIES Lt. Col. Ted WOLFRAM III, WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War Veteran Remembering Vietnam M.I.A.s Remembering Vietnam Heroes Operation LZ, 2015 Index of They Served With Honor      Stories about North Iowa's Vietnam War Veterans, The Globe Gazette 2015 - 2016: Lee Aldrich   Teddy F. Bassett Jr.   George Bennet   J. O. Bensen Dan Bilharz   Ed Buchanan   Jim Cleveland   Kenny Coe Randy DeBour   Alan Ebert   Jim Eggers   Jim Farghum Mike Foster   David Frederick   Dan Gatton   David Haugen Bob Havner   Denny Hull   Larry Kearney   Jerry Kelley Jerry Knoll   Jim Knutson   Don Latham   Steve Lane Jay Lee   Bob Lembke   Chuck Machin   Patrick Mackin Jim Marlow   Bob Marreel   Ernie L. Martinez   Carlos Melendez Jerry Merrick   Bob Mogk   Dennis Murra   Stephen Olmstead Glen Pannkuk   Dick Parcher   Larry Paul   Mark Reinsmoen Ron Richtsmeier   Bob Rodgers   John Ross   Mavis "May" Schmidt   Stuart Simonson   Ron Smith   David Steinberg   Ron Stroup Chuck Thome   Dean Thome   Rod Tripp   David Tvedt Frank Uhde, Sr.   Herb Waugh   Gary Wattnem   Dennis Withers Jim Zacharias   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SPECIAL FORCES Cmd Sgt. Maj. Gale C. KITTLESON, WWII, Korean War & Vietnam War Veteran   * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *   GULF WAR & WAR on TERRORISM SSgt. Peter BIEBER Capt. Dwayne EDEN Ken and Jenni GAULEY Lt. Gabriel HAUGLAND Bob KENNY Spec. Joshua Lincoln "Josh" KNOWLES Jake MILLER Spec. Brody MORAN 1st Sgt. Steve NELSON Capt. Logan PALS John SANCHEZ TyAnne SCHULTE USAF Veteran William STUFLICK Veterans Remember War on Terror GULF WAR & WAR on TERRORISM CASUALTIES     SPS Dustin Scot COLBY   SPC Joshua Lincoln KNOWLES 1133rd Transportation Company, Iowa National Guard, Mason City * * * * Pfc. Wyatt PAULUS, USMC, 2014 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CERRO GORDO COUNTY'S AMERICAN LEGION & VFW POSTS   Anton Juhl Post 440, American Legion, Thornton Clausen-Worden Post 101, American Legion, Mason City Clear Lake Post 222, American Legion, Clear Lake Clear Lake V.F.W. Post 4868, Clear Lake, established 1945 Dougherty Post 354, Dougherty Mason City V.F.W. Post 733, Mason City Rockwell Legion, Post 208 Thornton Post 171, American Legion, Thornton William J. Schmalle Post 171, American Legion, Meservey VETERAN'S DAY Clear Lake, 1990 Mason City, 2008 Mason City, 2014 Mason City, 2016 1133rd Transportation Company, Iowa National Guard, Mason City Medal of Honor Recipients Dedication of Veterans Monument, Mason City, November 11, 2004 Veterans Monument Names Index, Mason City Veterans Monument, Ventura Sacrifice Not Forgotten, Mason City War Monument, 2009 Rock Falls Military Honor Roll Remembering The Forgotten Memorial Day 2015 Dr. John ASLAKSON, Taps   Korean War Monument & Vietnam Monument at Washington, D. C. photographs by Sharon R. Becker

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