This website was launched befittingly on the 71st Anniv. of the United States involvement in WWII, 12/7/2012. Seventy-one years ago, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, brought the U.S. into World War II. In his address asking Congress for a declaration of war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, a date that "will live in infamy." |
Dec 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in Dec |
| 191 |
- During the month of December, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 2 ]
- Fantastic subscription done by volunteer, Lyn Lysne, now posted WAVES link off the main page. Don't miss this--HUGE THANKS to Lyn for her help with this. We will expand on these service branch pages in the days and weeks ahead.
Nov 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in Nov |
| 50 |
- Fremont County 1943 Roll of Honor list now posted:
Hamburg Reporter, January 7 & January 14, 1943
1035 From Fremont County in Service
- Terril, IA, Roll of Honor now posted.
- Rock Valley, IA, Roll of Honor now posted.
Oct 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in Oct |
| Total Servicemen | 55 |
- During the month of October, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 1 ]
Sep 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in Sep |
| Total Servicemen | 158 |
- A 1944 Linn County Honor Roll is now posted.
Aug 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in Aug |
| Total Servicemen | 58 |
- During the month of August, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 2 ]
- Letters written by serviceman, W. Vanden Mecham (Pocahontas Co.) are being transcribed for posting. Thanks to family member, Jon Cook, for sharing the letters and photographs.
July 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in July |
| Total Servicemen = 59 |
- Contributor, Peter Albright, submitted his Dad’s two sets of discharge papers. One was as a civilian the other was after his Germany tour. Peter's father was William G. Albright, of Plymouth County, IA. Check the link to view the documents. Thanks, Peter, for sharing!
- During the month of July, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 1 ]
June 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in June |
| Total Servicemen = 319 |
- During the month of June, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 6 ]
- Sharon R. Becker has submitted the Cerro Gordo County Roll of Honor list. Linda Ziemann also found an old photograph & news item about the Clear Lake, Iowa, Honor Roll. Don't miss any of this great history now posted.
- Gene Lutz has submitted his photo of the Kellerton, Iowa, Honor Roll board (Ringgold County.) Also a Ringgold County Honor Roll veteran board photo has been submitted by volunteer, Mike Avitt.
- Mary Lynn ReVoir & her aunt, Bernadette, have submitted a fabulous pdf set of pages, which tell some of the story of their WWII veteran, Cletus J. Unterberger from Allamakee County IA. Cletus was a German prisoner of war. Mary has done a very good job of scanning images of pages from the diary that her Uncle Clete kept during his time as a POW. Thanks to Mary and Bernadette, who is the wife of Cletus.
May 2013
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in MAY |
| 115 Total Servicemen Stories posted in May |
- During the month of May, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 10 ]
- Under the MIA/POW topic, check out the newly posted -- Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany--Liberation 1945
Apr 2013
| 225 Total Servicemen Stories posted Apr 2013 |
- During the month of April, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 8 ]
- "Ann of Iowa" Red Cross Service Club worker--Don't miss these articles about Ann and her beautiful voice that she used to cheer so many infantrymen. The father of this county coordinator met Ann as he was a wounded soldier in a Paris, France hospital on New Years Eve, 1944.
- Kermit Kittleson has submitted an updated Mitchell County Roll of Honor, WWII Vets. Scores more of names have been added to this list. Huge thanks to Kermit & his helpers for their diligent work to accomplish the more updated list of names!
topic posted: County News Across Iowa -- North / South / East / West
Mar 2013
- Continually throughout the weeks ahead, more and more servicemen and women pages will be uploaded for viewing. A running tally for the month of March will be placed here.
| ServiceMEN numbers | Posted in MAR |
| 464 Total Servicemen Stories posted in March |
- During the month of March, 6 additional Servicewomen stories have been posted to this website.
- FDR Tribute -- New topic now posted on the main page. Thanks to Sharon R. Becker for her research & transcription of the Waterloo, Iowa, tribute to President Roosevelt after his death.
- Floyd County Roll of Honor page is now posted. Thanks to Kermit Kittleson & his researcher, Paula Engels, for their extensive research in compiling the Floyd Co. list of WWII servicemen and women names.
- Post-War Army Commissions page now posted. Thanks to Sharon R. Becker for submitting this history. More linked names added as individual histories are found for posting.
- Black Hawk County Roll of Honor page is posted. Thanks to Sharon R. Becker for her long hours of research and typing to put this list together.
- Adams County Roll of Honor page is also posted. Again, thanks to Sharon R. Becker for all this wonderful data.
- Railway Service Canteens link now posted on the main index page. Check out the first photo of the canteen located at the railway station, Clinton, Iowa.
Feb 2013
- WWII Quiz now posted, published in the Iowa City Press Citizen, Iowa City, Iowa, Wednesday, May 08, 1946. How many questions did you answer correctly? Thanks to Sharon R. Becker for finding this interesting war trivia quiz.
| Servicemen numbers | Posted in FEB |
| 372 Total Servicemen Stories posted in Feb. |
- In February there were 27 additional Service WOMEN pages added.
- 10 more Letters written by servicemen have posted. Check out the Letters Index on these pages. Thanks to Sharon R. Becker for finding and transcribing most of these letters for posting.
- Dickinson County Roll of Honor is now posted. Again, thanks to Sharon R. Becker for her research and work on getting the names gathered.
- WWII dead returned home for burial--Check out this new page link. Thanks to Sharon R. Becker for her research efforts and transcriptions from the years 1945, 1947, 1948 & 1949.
- Widow of one of the Sullivan Brothers, Mrs. Albert Sullivan Take Job in War Plant to "Carry On"
- "Sewing Machine Sadie" Just as Important as "Rosie Riveter" Don't miss this interesting article about local volunteers for the war effort.
- Sharon R. Becker has researched & compiled another county Roll of Honor list. Check the now posted list for Scott County Roll of Honor. Thanks, Sharon, once again for your diligence to research the names for this list!
- Connie Swearingen has provided copy of "Memory Monday..honoring Gold Star Heroes" and also a great news article about "Lawton Dedicates Memorial to Heroes of War." Don't miss these links for Woodbury County under the main heading of Roll of Honor.--Thanks, Connie, for sharing!
- Another Volunteer article: Victory Junk Drive, in Ireton, Iowa, Sioux County.
- Linda Ziemann has transcribed & uploaded the Plymouth County Roll of Honor page. This page is dated January 4, 1946.
- Kermit Kittleson, Coordinator of the Mitchell Co. IAGenWeb website, has done a super job gathering WWII data regarding Mitchell County WWII Servicemen. Don't miss the work Kermit has uploaded, Additional WWII Veteran's List.
Jan 2013
A total of 332 ServiceMEN pages were added in January!
A total of 26 ServiceWOMEN pages added in January!
--Dogs for Defense article added to Pottawattamie County. Chips, An Old Sea Dog
-- Battleships Named for Iowa People & Places
-- Monona County, Whiting, IA, WWII Service Board
--MIA/POWs -- decades later identified & returned home for burial. Also news items written about those missing in action. Starting a list of names with links to story pages of known POW/MIAs from Iowa.
--Letters Written by Servicemen and women--letters written by servicemen and women are being uploaded.
--Servicemen names keep coming in--excellent job! Additional names & story pages have been added under the surnames topic.
--Four additional Dogs for Defense pages are now posted: Dumbo 
Rex, the Great Dane Pepper and Sgt. Blackout.
--WWII Roll of Honor -- Sioux County Casualties
--Women Who Served (check out the new index and the initial twenty-one pages created for women who served during WWII from IA) Please help by submitting your WWII Women names & information for these pages. Thanks.
- Pottawattamie County Roll of Honor -- now posted. Thanks to assistant coordinator, Sharon R. Becker, for her diligence in gathering this information and her transcription now made ready for posting. Look for the individual servicemen & women's personal web pages. They will get posted as time permits. Thanks again, Sharon. Could not do this without you!
- Many Woodbury County servicemen and women story pages are being posted daily. We have volunteer, Connie Swearingen, to thank for sharing her WWII NW Iowa research with this website. Connie has promised to keep sending her treasure trove of information in the days and weeks ahead. Many of Connie's submissions include bios written by the serviceman or woman/or written by family members, which include interesting photos. This is just the beginning. Keep watch for more.
-The WWII Maps Index is now posted. Thanks to all who share in this respect.
-More Woodbury County servicemen stories have been uploaded, thanks to Connie Swearingen providing the material. The names are too numerous to list here. But check out the Woodbury County Index.
-Letters written by servicemen and women are now coming in and getting posted. Don't miss these! Today letters from the following servicemen were added: Kenneth L. Emerson of Dickinson County and Rocky Fronk of Dickinson County. In fact two letters from Rocky written to his mother are now posted. Kenneth Emerson wrote his view/s of the landing in North Africa.
- The letter-B Surnames are now posted from the Pottawattamie County Roll of Honor. Thanks again to Sharon R. Becker for her expertise and diligence to get the stories typed and ready for upload.