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From engineer to ordnance corp
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U.S. Army
1946 to 1947 |
Private First Class (PFC) [E-3] |
Mechanic |
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Repairing a dozer in enemy territory
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U.S. Army
1970 to 1973 |
[E-4] |
Heavy Engineer Mechanic |
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Canon duty in WWII
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U.S. Army |
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Taking POW's out of Nagasaki
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U.S. Navy
1944 |
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On being wounded a second time in Korea
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U.S. Army
1951 to 1952 |
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Infantry |
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Bomb dropped and everything went flying
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U.S. Army
1942 to 1946 |
Technician Fifth Grade - Corporal (T-5) [E-4] |
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Jewish flight from Nazi Germany
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Battling the waves
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U.S. Navy
1952 to 1954 |
Lieutenant [O-3] |
Dentist |
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Captured in Germany
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U.S. Army |
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Bugler |
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WWII Vet on lessons learned in the Army
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U.S. Army
1942 to 1945 |
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Military Police, Truck Driver |
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US submarine "Halibut" sinking a Japanese destroyer
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U.S. Navy
1942 to 1946 |
First Class Petty Officer [E-6] |
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A lot of work before going up in the air
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U.S. Air Force |
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Operating weather balloons
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U.S. Navy
1960 to 1964 |
Second Class Petty Officer [E-5] |
Electronics Technician (ET) |
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20-year Air Force Vet served in Waverly, Iowa in 1961 before going to Vietnam
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U.S. Air Force
1958 to 1978 |
Major [O-4] |
Protocol / Administration |
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One basic training experience in the Air Force
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U.S. Air Force
1987 to 2011 |
Master Sergeant [E-8] |
Musician, Public Health Technician |
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Fighting a fire aboard Navy ship
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U.S. Navy |
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Navy radio man on the end of WWII
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U.S. Navy
1914 to 1946 |
Third Class Petty Officer [E-4] |
Radioman |
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Navy Waves Vet on memories of WWII
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U.S. Navy
1942 to 1946 |
First Class Petty Officer [E-6] |
Storekeeper (SK) |
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Army M-P on his duty in Okinawa
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U.S. Army
1953 to 1956 |
Corporal |
Military Police |
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Army Reserves Vet on four generations of military in his family
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U.S. Army
1987 to 1993 |
Private First Class (PFC) [E-3] |
Infantry |
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.