Families waited and watched news reports for information about their servicemen sons and daughters. The waiting was difficult. Patience ran thin, fearing the next knock on the door was delivery of the dreaded telegram from the war department. Many parents had more than one son in combat, somewhere in the war zone. Often specific detail as to the exact whereabouts of their loved one was unknown. Every piece of mail received from the serviceman or woman was welcomed with much anticipation. Younger brothers followed the path older brothers took by answering the call to enlist. Parents stood strong as they said goodbyes, praying that it would not be the final time. Read about the Iowa Servicemen and Women (county links found on the main index page of this website.)
Additional Menu Topics INDEX
| Battleships |
| Bios / Interviews |
| Camp Dodge, Iowa |
| Casualties-Civilian War Correspondents |
| County Newspaper Columns -- PlymouthWoodbury |
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Pearl Harbor - December 7, 1941 -- the Iowa hometown news articles & Post-War Army Commissions |
| Dogs for Defense |
| FDR Tribute *** Honor Guard at Funeral of FDR |
| Maps |
| MIA/POW -- Stalag Luft 1, Barth, Germany--Liberation 1945 |
| Railway Service Canteens |
| Service Flags -- Blue Star |
| Victory Gardens |
| WWII Dead Returned Home to Iowa -- later identified & returned home for burial |
| WWII Quiz |
| D-Day Prayer - June 6, 1944 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Invasion Prayer for Allied Troops. |
| Christmas Prayer - 1944 by Lt. Gen. G.S. Patton Jr, Commanding, Third United States Army |
| Thanksgiving Proclamation - 1945 by President Harry S. Truman |
