Remembering Our Heroes
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Our Liberties We Prize
and
Our Rights We Will Maintain
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John Thuman - KIA WWII
Billy Cooper - KIA Korea . . . — — Map (db m86994) WM
In grateful memory of those who died in the service of their country Korean ConflictWiliam Arthur Chapin Lester Henry Diekmann Robert Goodspeed Laurence Mettlin Robert C. Niemann VietnamAllen Avery Verlyn Bruns Donald Francis . . . — — Map (db m239694) WM
Francis L. Sampson
1912-1996
Francis L. Sampson's amazing record as a war hero put him in history books. As the "Paratrooper Padre" in World War II, he was one of the 20th century's best-known Army Chaplains. His real life story of . . . — — Map (db m126926) HM WM
☆ Jimmie Howard, a Marine Corps SSG, served in Viet Cong and Korea. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Hill 488, along with many additional honors. ☆ The Iowa Army Ammunition Plant has been an important asset . . . — — Map (db m181877) HM WM
The CGM-13 Mace is a container-launched tactical surface-to-surface missile. Development began in 1954 with the first launch in 1956. Launched from a mobile trailer or hardened bunker, it used a solid fuel booster rocket for initial acceleration . . . — — Map (db m113400) HM
Dedicated to the memory of the
following men who gave the supreme
sacrifice in the defence of their country
World War II
Dale E. Bell Harold Bloomquist Edward Briggie Edward Butcher Ross Chickering George Clark Scott . . . — — Map (db m23148) WM
Freedom is Never Free
Dedicated to
All Who Served
Gold Donors
Ann C. Keyser Trust
Marshalltown Development Committee
The Family of Charles Fairall Emerson
Lennox Industries
Hy Vee
Ron & Debi Estabrook
Silver . . . — — Map (db m168826) WM
Dedicated to the men and women
of Montgomery county
who served in the
Armed Forces of
the United States
during the Korean War
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Henry M. Bailey
KIA 2 Nov 1950
Sidney J. Botts
KIA 15 Oct . . . — — Map (db m87934) WM
Dedicated to the
Men and Women
of the Armed Forces
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Past – Present – Future
Be it Times of Peace
Or Times of War
Their Service and Sacrifice
Established and Preserved
Our Freedoms of Democracy . . . — — Map (db m101729) WM
In Honor of the Men and Women Who Served Our Country in War and Peace So that we can Enjoy the Freedoms of Democracy.
Gold Star Veterans
All Gave Some - Some Gave All
World War I
Bauman, Albert M.
Conaway, Earl T. . . . — — Map (db m135710) WM
They Gave
Their All
William F Allard
John Baas Jr
Eldred J Beek
Henry Boneschans
Francis Case
Donald W Christians
Delvin E Dagel
Alvin L Dirks
Lewis J Fousek
Edward Groendyk
James D Harbers
John H Hatting . . . — — Map (db m119053) WM
POW / MIA
Duty Honor Sacrifice
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"America means freedom and there's no expression of freedom quite so sincere as music."
Major Glenn Miller
1Lt Vernon Baker . . . — — Map (db m88026) WM
Page County Roll of Honor
This monument is dedicated to the veterans and service members who have served this country so faithfully in war and peace from the Revolution to the present time to protect our freedom.
Page County Roll of Honor . . . — — Map (db m87422) WM
Side 1 Early on the quiet Sunday morning of June 25, 1950 - June 24th in Washington - the North Korean Peoples Army attacked South Korea. They crossed the 38th parallel with 135,000 soldiers and 22 Russian built tanks. This action touched . . . — — Map (db m48281) HM
To Our Armed Forces;
You go where we ask, never with complaint
You fight with honor, never demanding praise
You sacrifice greatly, never yielding courage
You always protect our freedoms, never will you fail
"Thank you"
Citizens of Oakland . . . — — Map (db m93776) WM
Hawarden Veterans Memorial
Because of them
We are Here
May God always
Bless America
* Killed in action
Dedicated to all Hawarden area veterans
August 31, 2003
Committee members
Harlan Van Egdom . . . — — Map (db m135976) WM
North
[Eagle clutching a gold and silver star a Black Hawk helicopter and a Soldier's Cross]
West
[Story County Freedom Flights]
East
[AC130 "Spirit of '03"] — — Map (db m168641) WM
In Grateful Remembrance of those
From this Community who Served
and Especially these who Gave
Their Lives for our Country.
World War I
Lee Flora
Vietnam
Dick E. Cuff
David Pearson
Richard M. Welch
World War II . . . — — Map (db m168634) WM
All Gave Some Some Gave All
World War I
Jesse J. Bryan
John Ehrig
Earl J. King
William L McTurk
Earl Geo Schulz
Roy Walters
Korea
Vietnam
Larry Dahms
Stephan Craig Hass
Darwin Judge . . . — — Map (db m167521) WM
POW's Remembered
H. Wayne Jackson Ed Martin Malcolm Amos Marshall Johnson Donavan Waller Amos W. Ames Donald Decker Howard Lowe Eldon Haynes Marion Sassell Roy Kralik James McGrath Lee Hazen Giles Ripperger Robert . . . — — Map (db m87038) WM
On fame's eternal camping ground
their silent tents are spread,
and glory guards, with solemn round,
the bivouac of the dead.
Erected May 1961 — — Map (db m87109) WM
In honor of
Junior D. Edwards
SFC U.S. Army
Oct 2, 1926 Jan 2, 1951
The only Iowan in
the Korean Conflict to receive
the Congressional Medal
of Honor — — Map (db m62723) WM
World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Peacetime
America
One has to leave it to understand and truly love it. One has to sit in isolation and yearn for it, and once one has experienced the yearning, then one . . . — — Map (db m133490) HM
United States Army Retired July 31, 1969 Native son of Spillville, IA. Born Aug, 17, 1910, son of Carl R. and Louise Fisher Haug. Early education Spillville, Decorah, U of I, US Military Academy 1935 graduate. Married Carolyn Meyers, . . . — — Map (db m239184) HM
Korean War
1950-1953
Women were active participants in the war effort, filling noncombat support roles, from nurses and caregivers to supply clerks. Women served as communication technicians and intelligence analysts in addition to medical . . . — — Map (db m238868) HM
As we express our gratitude,
we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to
utter words, but to live by them.
- J. F. Kennedy
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For those veterans
who never heard . . . — — Map (db m89397) WM
