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"The Greatest Generation"

~Quote by Tom Brokaw, Spring of 1994: During the coverage of the 50th anniversary of D-Day, I was asked...my thoughts on what we were witnessing. As I looked over the assembled crowd of veterans,.....I said, "I think this is the greatest generation any society has ever produced."

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The WWII Special Project IAGenWeb pages are maintained by Coordinator, Linda Ziemann

with
Assistant Coordinator -
Connie Swearingen

Our goal for this website is to provide records about Iowans who served during the WWII years 1939-1945, thereby assisting family and  historical researchers in their quest to learn about, and pay tribute to, WWII Service MEN and WOMEN.  These records may consist of public biographies, military records,  documented events, company  histories, awards, newspaper accounts of battles and those who served  (soldiers, aviators, seamen & medical personnel.)

Feel free to SUBMIT the above type of information about Iowa ServiceMen and Women to Coordinator, Linda Ziemann.

(Everyone is welcome to participate by submitting data for consideration.)

“Thanks to all who served during the WWII Years, 1939-1945. Because you sacrificed, our country is FREE today.”

ServiceMEN County Index Tribute Pages

Adair
Adams
Allamakee
Appanoose
Audubon
Benton
Black Hawk
Boone 
Bremer
Buchanan
Buena Vista
Butler
Calhoun
Carroll
Cass
Cedar  
Cerro Gordo
Cherokee
Chickasaw
Clarke  
Clay
Clayton
Clinton
Crawford
Dallas
Davis
Decatur
Delaware
DesMoines
Dickinson
Dubuque
Emmet
Fayette
Floyd  
Franklin
Fremont
Greene
Grundy
Guthrie
Hamilton
Hancock
Hardin
Harrison
Henry
Howard
Humboldt
Ida
Iowa
Jackson  
Jasper

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Search Suggestions--Use the above search engine IF you know the surname of the service person you are seeking. Because of the large amount of surnames on this website, the suggestion for using the specific County Indexes is most advisable. If you know the county that the serviceman hailed from - consider using the side panel county links on this main page. The side county links have surname alphabetical indexes for the MEN. There is also an index in the panel below for the service WOMEN of Iowa.

ON-SITE Main Index

Iowans Share Their Personal Headliner World War II Experiences & Stories --"Read all about it!"

Iowa Daily Press War Correspondent, FRANK MILES -- Read his news coverage mentioning those serving from IOWA.

Iowa War Effort Volunteers - Home Front & Abroad -- includes RED CROSS STAFF

Iowa Fallen -- DDay Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944

Letters Written by Iowa Service Men & Women -- Quite detailed -- somehow got passed the Censors.

Medal of Honor Recipients from Iowa

More Main Index Topics - Don't miss these additional links!

Newspaper column "War News" -- PlymouthWoodbury

County WWII Men News Across Iowa

POWs (Index to POW serviceMEN & WOMEN surnames & links to their pages)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

National Guard State of Iowa - 1938 Yearbook (ING history, photos of Units across Iowa...most recent just prior to WWII)

National Guard State of Iowa -- 1941 Company Rosters Co. E, 133rd Inf. Webster City

National Guard State of Iowa -- 1941 Company Rosters Co. K, 34th Division, LeMars, Iowa

National Guard State of Iowa -- 1945 Company F - Iowa State Guard

* * * Shall not have died in vain!  * * * * * Remember Dec. 7th * * *

Pearl Harbor News Reports -- Across Iowa Newspaper accounts of Iowa ServiceMen and Women --May We Never Forget!

Roll of Honor Iowa County & Communities-- Tribute to those who served

U.S. Army Rangers -- Iowans Who Served

Surnames: County INDEX of SERVICE MEN per county--includes photos, news items, family data, bios, obits, etc.

**Don't Miss the Individual Story Pages for these ServiceMen--County Links on this MAIN page, both SIDE COLUMNS**

Surnames: County INDEX of SERVICE WOMEN (below) includes photos, news items, family data, obits, etc.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z                   Army Nurse Corps Navy Nurse Corps SPARS USMC Women's Reserve WAC WAAC WAVES

War Dead from Iowa Total, 7,213: Two Times World War I

Records of the state historical department show that the death rate among Iowans killed in World War II is highest for Emmet county, closely followed by Adams county. A total of 7,213 have given their lives for their country in World War II. This is more than twice the number killed in World War I. The total then was 3,578. For every thousand persons in Iowa, the number who have given their lives in this war now stands at 2.76. The total number dead in O’Brien county is 48 or 2.4 per thousand population; in Sioux county, 55 killed or 2.0 per thousands population; in Lyon county, 28 killed or 1.8 per thousand population; in Osceola county, 24 killed or 2.3 per thousand population. Source: LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, January 15, 1946

OFF-SITE Links:

State Summary of WWII Casualties, for Navy, Marine Corps & Coast Guard Personnel from Iowa--National Archives Catalog

"GI Joe & Lillie" -- The Oak Ridge Boys

National WWII Memorial

North Platte Canteen

USS Arizona Memorial - Interment Aboard the USS Arizona

Thanks also to everyone who is contributing to this website. Please keep your stories & photos coming! Please consider adding additional photos & data to any existing page/s you find on this website for your family WWII Iowa veteran. Don't miss the Tribute to Contributors page link.

ServiceMEN County Index Tribute Pages (cont'd)

Jefferson
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Kossuth
Lee
Linn
Louisa
Lucas
Lyon
Madison
Mahaska
Marion
Marshall
Mills
Mitchell
Monona
Monroe
Montgomery
Muscatine  
O’Brien
Osceola
Page
Palo Alto  
Plymouth  
Pocahontas
Polk
Pottawattamie
Poweshiek
Ringgold
Sac
Scott
Shelby
Sioux
Story
Tama
Taylor
Union
VanBuren
Wapello
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Webster
Winnebago
Winneshiek
Woodbury
Worth
Wright