Time Frame | Artifact Type | Title | Description |
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ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Mary Adams | Mary Adams rode to Fort Des Moines in the back end of an open pickup truck on a cold December day to join the Army. After basic training, she worked on Cape Cod, Massachusetts making up the orders for the men going overseas. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Kenneth Lubben (Ken) | Kenneth Lubben served in the Army as a PFC in the 546th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion, called the coast artillery corps at the time. He served January 1943- January 1946. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: John Schnepf | John Schnepf served with the 11th Air Force as crew chief. John worked with the 54th Fighter Squadron in the Aleutian Islands. He tells about working on P-38 E airplanes, the hazards of taking off with extra belly tanks on short runways, and a deadly 30 day fog that claimed 8 of our planes. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: John Phillips | In January of 1945, 22 year-old John Phillips of Waterloo was part of a group of replacement troops sent to the 106th Infantry Division fighting the Battle of the Bulge. After taking the town of Medell, Belgium, Phillips took a small group of men just beyond where most of his unit was camped. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Henry Leonard | Private First Class Henry Leonard, a 19-year old draftee from Ryan, was sent to fight in the Philippines in January of 1945. He was assigned to the Bush Masters, a group of National Guardsmen from Arizona, officially known as the 158th Regimental Combat Team. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Harold Lamont Schoolen | Harold Lamont Schoolen from Ottumwa describes his time in the 2nd Cavalry Division during World War II in Europe and the struggles he encountered as a black soldier serving under white officers. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Galen Kittleson | In early 1945, 20-year old Galen Kittleson from St. Ansgar was stationed in the Philippines as part of an elite unit called the Alamo Scouts. The Scouts were made up of small highly trained units that operated behind Japanese battle lines gathering information about enemy forces. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Ervin Bostwick | Ervin Bostick lived with Grandfather on a farm near Shenandoah and went to country school. He served aboard the USS New Orleans from 1938-1945. His story includes the attack at Pearl Harbor, the Coral Sea battle, Midway and the landing of the Marines at Guadalcanal. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Elvin Moritz | Moritz and other members of the 168th were surrounded by German troops at the Battle of Faid pass in February of 1943. Major Robert Moore of Villisca was in command of the more than 900 men cut-off from Allied Forces. |
ca. 1940's | Video | World War II Veteran: Dr. Kenneth James Gee | Dr. Kenneth Gee and a small cadre of people built a 3,000 bed hospital in Batangas, Philippines. They trained medics at Camp Grant who assessed wounded in the field throughout the Philippine islands. Dr. |