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
Calhoun County Freedom Rock Timeline…
Story Board Provided in Memory of Lloyd Everett Webb (1941 - 2016)
April 18, 2013 Application to host the Calhoun County Freedom Rock in Rockwell City submitted by the Rockwell . . . — — Map (db m135809) WM
In memory of
those who served and
gave their lives in
the Vietnam Conflict
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Died in Service
John H. Wrisberg, III
January 16, 1968 . . . — — Map (db m89483) WM
These doors turning with the wind, once flew in Vietnam. They now host the names & towns of those from Mason City and surrounding counties who died in in an ungrateful war. You've never really died if you are remembered. These names will be . . . — — Map (db m89533) 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
[Artwork dedicated to our medical personnel in our armed forces through the years]
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My Heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place. --Sydney . . . — — Map (db m135911) WM
For God and Country
[The KIA Veterans are Eddie J. S. Bauer, Paul R. Striepe, Jack Jean Hieber, Steven V. Crum, and John Haas.]
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In Flanders Field the poppies blow between the crosses row by row, That . . . — — Map (db m135714) WM
The Bell AH-1 Cobra helicopter was the world's
first dedicated armed attack helicopter.
Due to its speed, armament and maneuverability
it proved itself a powerful combatant
during the Vietnam Conflict.
The two-bladed single engine . . . — — Map (db m113399) 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
Understanding the Freedom Rock: East Side of the Rock is dedicated to the creator of the Iowa Flag, Dixie Cornell Gebhardt. The West side of the Rock is dedicated to the 6th Governor of Iowa, William Milo Stone of Marion County. Stone, a good . . . — — Map (db m177168) HM WM
They served, they fought, they died… and received neither their country’s glory nor their country’s compassion. May this small plot of ground serve as a special tribute to them. Viet Nam 1959 — 1975 — — Map (db m239779) 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 Vietnam War
[Roll of Honored Dead]
Albion Joe Bergantzel
KIA 28 Feb 1971
Dannie Leon Bird
KIA 14 Jan . . . — — Map (db m87922) 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
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
[An eagle laying the flag on the rock.]
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[A soldier leaning against an oversized purple heart in the Vietnam jungle.]
— — Map (db m135914) WM
A Monument Established By The Citizens Of Iowa To Honor Iowans Who Served During the Vietnam War These Absent Friends Will Never Be Forgotten
Abler, James L · Abolins, Janis · Abrahamson, Gary L · Adams, Glenn A
Adams, Steven H · Adams, . . . — — Map (db m41878) WM
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
The Stories of the Sac County, Iowa Freedom Rock
John J. Wassom flew 76 missions over Europe from 1943 - 1945
Western Union delivered telegraphs to millions of family members.
Two Navajo Indians (Code Whisperers) . . . — — Map (db m135801) 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
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
Ray "Bubba" Sorensen painted this rock in June 2017.
The west face includes images of Sgt. Charles Floyd and the Floyd Monument in Sioux City, Iowa.
Sgt. Floyd was a United States explorer, a non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army . . . — — Map (db m126927) WM
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