Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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1964-1975 | Video | An Iowa News Correspondent Narrowly Avoids Disaster During Vietnam War | Dean Borg, an Iowa news correspondent, tells the story of how an illness may have kept him alive in Vietnam. He was scheduled to accompany soldiers on a combat mission and his illness kept him from going on the deadly trip. |
1964-1975 | Video | An Iowa Veteran Describes Her Experiences as a Nurse During the Vietnam War | The Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation estimates that 11,000 military women were stationed in Vietnam during the conflict, and approximately 90 percent of them served as nurses. This video includes archival footage and an interview with Iowa veteran Grace Lilleg Moore. |
1942 | Video | An Iowa Veteran's Account of the Bataan Death March During World War II | Following their surrender to Japanese forces at the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, tens of thousands of U.S. and Filipino troops were forced to march 60 miles over six days as prisoners of war. |
1944 | Video | An Iowa Veteran's Account of the Landing at Omaha Beach: D-Day | On June 6th, 1944, Allied troops invaded Normandy, France in what would become known as D-Day. That day, over 150,000 troops stormed the coastline in a matter of 24 hours and set the world on a path to ending World War II and the reign of Nazi Germany. |
1964-1976 | Video | An Iowa Veteran's Combat Experiences During Vietnam War | Iowa Veteran Captain Caesar Smith returned to Vietnam in 1968. Smith describes being put in charge of the 82nd Airborne's newly formed Delta Company, the loss of one of the men under his command and what had to be done to bring the fallen soldier home. |
1940s | Video | An Iowa Veteran's Experience in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) During World War II | Created during World War II, the Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. 150,000 American women served in the WAC during the war. For many, the WAC challenged perceptions of the traditional role of women in the workplace and in the military. |
1940s | Video | An Iowan Joins the Tuskegee Airmen During World War II | First Lieutenant Luther Smith | The Tuskegee Airmen, officially known as the 332nd fighter group, were the first African Americans to fly planes in the U.S. military. |
1964-1975 | Video | An Iowan's Experience with Discrimination on the Battlefront and at Home During the Vietnam War | African Americans volunteered in large numbers for the Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. For some, the color line among troops blurred quickly in battle, but many still faced discrimination when they returned home. |
2001-2014 | Video | An Iowan's Experiences as a National Guard Squad Leader in Afghanistan | Staff Sergeant J. Winkowski was among the Iowa soldiers deployed to Afghanistan in late 2010. In this clip, Winkowski describes why he felt being a combat leader in Afghanistan was the job he was born to do. |
1980s | Video | An Overview of the 1980s Farm Crisis | The 1980s farm crisis impacts farmers, families and communities throughout the country. |