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."
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Dec 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Dec. |
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***This Month of December--70th Anniversary Battle of Bulge--1944/2014**
Nov 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Nov. |
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Oct 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in October |
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- State Center, IA, Honor Roll now posted, taken from State Center Enterprise, December 24, 1942. [Marshall County]
Sep 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Sept. |
| 174 |
- During the month of September, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [8]
- Added to the NEWS index: Navy Issues First "Casualty" Lists from December 30, 1942.
- Volunteer, Lynn McCleary has transcribed & submitted the following Muscatine Journal, Dec. 30, 1948 -- Solemn Procession Continues Through 1948 as War Dead Are Returned Home. Huge Thanks, to Lynn for her help!!
- Blue Star Service Flag - WWII, contributed by Linda Ewin Ziemann.
- Civilian War Correspondents -- Pay the Ultimate Price
- Letter from wife of AP Photographer, Bede Irvin of Polk County, IA
Aug 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in August |
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- During the month of August, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [2]
- Albert City Community Honor Roll - Buena Vista County is now posted, from Albert City Appeal, Aug. 16, 1945
- WWII News from around Iowa: City Has 5 on Hero List From Pacific
Jul 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in July |
| 93 |
- During the month of July, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [1]
-Henry County Roll of Honor-Army Compiles List of Dead and Missing By Counties, Mt. Pleasant News, June 27, 1948
-Hamilton County Roll of Honor-Daily Freeman-Journal, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 and
Webster City Freeman, Thursday, January 24, 1946, transcribed and posted by Janelle Martin, Hamilton County CC.
- Cerro Gordo County -- Crosses for World War II Dead. List now posted with photograph of the crosses. Mason City Globe-Gazette, May 26, 1945
Jun 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in June |
| 145 |
- During the month of June, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [1]
- Iowa Volunteers in Action: Joel Shepherd, Red Cross Agent
May 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in May |
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- Medal of Honor recipients from Iowa: Darrell R. Lindsey, Webster & Greene Co.; John F. Thorson, Jr., Emmet Co.; Ralph G. Neppel, Carroll, Co.; Herschel F. (Pete) Briles, Jasper Co.
- U.S. Navy names cargo ship USAT Thorson for John F. Thorson Jr.
- Emmet County Honor Roll -- Gave Their Lives During WWII, published 1947
- During the month of May, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [2]
Apr 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Apr |
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- During the month of April, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [8]
- Iowa Volunteers - USO Worker, Mrs. R. E. Chambers ** Red Cross, Buchanan Co. ** Red Cross, Chickasaw Co.
- Added Gen. Douglas MacArthur photo & headlines to the Photographs of WWII Scenes page.
Mar 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Mar |
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- During the month of March, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [9]
- Capture of the German ship Odenwald by U.S. navy cruiser in south Atlantic. The Odenwald was masquerading and flew the American flag as U.S.S. Wimote, November 1941. Seaman Vernie L. Barnes (from Howard County) was a member of the U.S.S. Omaha which captured the German Odenwald. ~Thanks to Jerry P. Barnes, who submitted photos & information about his father Vernie L. Barnes.
Feb 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Feb |
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- During the month of February, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 19 ]
- Akron, Iowa, Honor Roll now posted--over 400 names.
- From Woodbury Co.--An Iowa Volunteer, W.G. Johnson, who served in the Red Cross, Europe during the war.
Jan 2014
| ServiceMEN stories | Posted in Jan |
| 288 |
- During the month of January, the number of additional ServiceWomen pages will be posted here: [ 8 ]