WWII

North (counties) Newspaper Headline Link
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Dec. 30, 1941 Mason City's Latest Contribution
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Dec. 31, 1941 Mason City's Sons At Battle Stations
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, March 14, 1942 In Service
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, July 16, 1942 North Iowa Joins In Nationwide Observance of Heroes Day
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Oct. 1, 1942 Butler County Men To Report
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Oct. 20, 1942 North Iowa Navy Recruits
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Oct. 23, 1942 Large Number Leaves Clarion
Kossuth
Titonka Topic, Oct. 29, 1942 Selective Draft Takes More Men
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Oct. 30, 1942 North Iowans On Far Off Fronts
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Dec. 20, 1942 69 Register in 6th Draft
Fayette
Oelwein Daily Register, July 8, 1943  **Includes further research detail of servicemen  Many Men In Reserve Corps
Pocahontas
Laurens Sun, March 16, 1944 Draft Calls First Pre-Pearl Harbor Fathers
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, April 17, 1944 City Has 5 on Hero List From Pacific
Cerro Gordo
Globe-Gazette, Feb. 2, 1945 15 Iowans Among Prisoners Rescued in CANANTUAN ATTACK
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Feb. 4, 1945

133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Division

Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Feb. 23, 1945 10 From NE Iowa Are Wounded
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Mar. 5, 1945 8 NE Iowans On Casualty Lists
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Apr. 1, 1945 (includes 38 photos) Stalwart Fighting Sons; Take A Bow Now
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Apr. 1, 1945 Boys Still Smile After 38 Months of Fighting
Cerro Gordo
Mason City Globe-Gazette, June 14, 1945 OWI Gives List of Casualties
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Aug. 19, 1945 Reveal Story of Waterloo War Effort
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Oct. 28, 1945 43 NE Iowans Out At St. Louis
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Apr. 24, 1946 NE Iowa Men Discharged
Black Hawk
Waterloo Daily Courier, Apr. 28, 1946 IC Will Honor 12 Who Died During WWII
     
Northwest (counties) Newspaper Headlink Link
Dickinson
Lake Park News, May 8, 1941 Nine More County Men Called to Colors
     
West (counties) Newspaper Headline Link
Monona
Mapleton Press, Dec. 5, 1940 500 Young Men Receive Draft Questionaires
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Nov. 4, 1943 New Group of Inductees Leave
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Dec. 19, 1943 28 Harrison Co. Men Off For Induction
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Jan. 13, 1944 Navy Enlists Four in the Service
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Jan. 16, 1944 Four Mothers Are Given Gold Stars
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, July 26, 1944 Southwest Iowans Enter the Navy
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Jan. 17, 1945 Five Enlisted At Navy Office
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Feb. 27, 1945 Three From Here With B-29 Unit
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, May 14, 1945 Atlantic Men Liberated
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Nov. 3, 1945 Southwest IA Servicemen Discharged
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Nov. 17, 1945 Southwest IA Servicemen Discharged
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Nov. 27, 1945 Southwest IA Servicemen Discharged
Pottawattamie
Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Nov. 9, 1946 Southwest IA Servicemen Discharged
Sioux
Sioux Center News, Nov. 15, 1945 Sioux Co. Official Discharges
Woodbury
Sioux City Journal, 1939 YOUTHS JOIN ARMY AIR CORPS.
Woodbury
Sioux City Journal, Nov. 6, 1943 30 Accepted in Armed Forces
Woodbury
Sioux City Journal, April 1944 More Sioux Cityans Inducted
Woodbury
Sioux City Journal, 1946 In Uniform column - Discharges
     
Central Newspaper Headline Link
Carroll
Carroll Times, Jan. 4, 1943 Associated Press Dispatch
Carroll
Carroll Times Herald, Sept. 18, 1945 Army Liberated Prisoners Of War:
Hamilton
Daily Freeman Journal, November 13, 1945 STRONG NATIONAL DEFENSE IS URGED BY LEGION COMMANDER
Hamilton
Daily Freeman Journal, June 27, 1946 Washington, D. C. — (AP) — The war department......
     
Central South (counties) Newspaper Headline Link
Decatur
Leon Journal-Tribune Assorted News Articles
     
East (counties)    
Clinton
Clinton Herald, Feb 19, 1942 County Men Leave Today for U.S. Army
Linn
Gazette (Cedar Rapids) April 16, 1944 27 Men Leave For Army Duty
Scott
Quad City Times, May 14, 1945 93 Iowans on Army-Navy Casualty List
     
Southeast (counties) Newspaper Headline Link
Muscatine
Muscatine Journal News-Tribune, Dec. 30, 1942 Navy Issues First "Casualty" Lists
Muscatine
Muscatine Journal News-Tribune, May 7, 1945 War End News Provides Happiness for Families of Nazi War Prisoners
Henry
Mt. Pleasant News, May 11, 1945 Prisoners of War From Henry County

**Last update to this list: 10/30/2023