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Fire on the aircraft
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U.S. Army
1942 to 1945 |
Staff Sergeant [E-6] |
Central Fire Control Specialist (B29 Foto Recon.plane) - Us Army Air Corps |
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Meeting up was not safe
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U.S. Air Force
1951 to 1955 |
Staff Sergeant [E-6] |
Special Agent, Investigator, 96270 |
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First taste of war
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U.S. Navy
1940 |
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Signalman (SM) |
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Navy Vet goes to work for Chamberlin Manufacturing in Waterloo
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U.S. Navy |
Second Class Petty Officer [E-5] |
Fire Control Technician - Gun Fire Control (FTG) |
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Army Vet recalls first patrol in Vietnam
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U.S. Army
1966 to 1968 |
Specialist 4 [E-4] |
Power Plant Operator Mechanic / Sharpshooter |
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Navy Vet on his feelings about Vietnam
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National Guard
1964 to 1970 |
[E-6] |
Machinist's Mate |
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Getting sewn up
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U.S. Air Force
1950 to 1975 |
Lieutenant Colonel [O-5] |
Pilot Instructor/pilot |
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Feet were completely black
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U.S. Marine Corps
1950 |
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Artillery |
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Army National Guard Vet on some of his duties during his 29-year career
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National Guard |
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Army Gunnar on the invasion of Luzon in WWII
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WWII & Korean Vet tells about his ship being hit & being wounded on June 6th, D-Day.
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U.S. Navy
1936 to 1957 |
Lieutenant Commander [O-4] |
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The Burden of Command
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U.S. Army |
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Limited ammunition
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1st mortar and rocket attack on firebase in Vietnam
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U.S. Army
1968 to 1970 |
[E-4] |
Cook |
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WWII Navy Vet recalls, after the war, his connection with "Tokyo Rose"
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U.S. Navy
1945 to 1946 |
Seaman First Class |
Deck Hand |
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Army Vet on his short military career because of the end of WWII
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U.S. Air Force
1944 to 1945 |
Private |
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Stuck in the cold
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U.S. Air Force
1942 to 1950 |
Captain [O-3] |
Pilot/arial Delivery Officer |
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Army Vet on the awesome US firepower in Korea
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U.S. Army
1951 to 1953 |
Corporal |
Artillery |
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Navy Vet on a 1998 cruise in the Persian Gulf
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U.S. Navy
1990 |
Commander [O-5] |
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Really proud of job
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U.S. Navy
1996 to 2000 |
Second Class Petty Officer [E-5] |
Construction Mechanic (CM) |
The Voices of Iowa Oral History Project is an innovative approach to the collection, display, and preservation of our history. The compilation of personal stories in a digital format provides material that is relevant to a modern generation of users. In addition to the historical chronology, the process captures the personal emotion and interpretation of an event, giving it meaning beyond the printed word or image. We have been collecting oral histories from Iowa veterans since 2003 for use in exhibits, educational programming, and promotional activities. Currently, we have over 1600 interviews from 70 counties that are available to the public in our library. It is one of the largest veteran collections of interviews conducted by a single institution in the nation.