WWII

North West (counties)  Newspaper Headline Link 
Carroll
 Carroll Times, Jan. 4, 1943 Associated Press Dispatch
Carroll
 Carroll Times Herald, Sept. 18, 1945 Army Liberated Prisoners Of War:
Dickinson
 Lake Park News, May 8, 1941 Nine More County Men Called to Colors
Monona
 Mapleton Press, Dec. 5, 1940 500 Young Men Receive Draft Questionaires
Pocahontas
 Laurens Sun, March 16, 1944 Draft Calls First Pre-Pearl Harbor Fathers
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
     
     
South West (counties)   Newspaper Headline Link 
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
     
     
North Central (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
Cerro Gordo
 Globe-Gazette, Feb. 2, 1945 15 Iowans Among Prisoners Rescued in CANANTUAN ATTACK
Cerro Gordo
 Mason City Globe-Gazette, June 14, 1945 OWI Gives List of Casualties
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......
     
Mid-Central (counties) Newspaper Headlink Link
Story
 Ames Tribune, March 17, 1945 Our Men in Service
     
South-Central (counties) Newspaper Headline Link
Appanoose
 Moravia Union, July 12, 1945 IN The Fight 
Decatur
 Leon Journal-Tribune Assorted News Articles
     
North East (counties)  Newspaper  Headlink Link 
Allamakee
 Oelwein Daily Register, May 17 1945  Wise Missing; Seneff Wounded 
Clayton
 Gazette (Cedar Rapids) March 19, 1944 page 25 Clayton County Men to Service  
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
Linn
 Gazette (Cedar Rapids) Sept. 27, 1945 page 3 News of Service Men and Women 
Fayette
 Oelwein Daily Register, July 8, 1943  **Includes further research detail of servicemen  Many Men In Reserve Corps
Fayette
 Oelwein Daily Register, June 6, 1945  SERVICEMEN HONORED  
Black Hawk
 Waterloo Daily Courier, April 17, 1944 City Has 5 on Hero List From Pacific
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
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
Buchanan
 Oelwein Daily Register, June 12, 1945 Aurora Man Is Released
Buchanan
 Oelwein Daily Register, May 17, 1945 Wise Missing; Seneff Wounded 
     
South East (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, January 13, 1945  With County Men and Women in The US Service 
Henry
 Mt. Pleasant News, May 4, 1945  County Men & Women In the US Service / Ensign Bergstrom Aboard Ship Hit 
Henry
 Mt. Pleasant News, May 11, 1945 Prisoners of War From Henry County
Henry
 Mt. Pleasant News, Aug 1945   With Our Boys in the Service 
Scott
 Quad City Times, May 14, 1945 93 Iowans on Army-Navy Casualty List
Scott
 Quad City Times, Jan. 29, 1945 51 Names On Army List of Wounded
     

**Last update to this list: 9/3/2024 - More County news articles researched & transcribed by volunteer researcher, Jeanie Belding