Cherokee County, Iowa
WW II Stories
About Cherokee County Military Service Members
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Akin, Cecil
Marquardt, Voila
McLaughlin, Robert "Bob"
Anderson, John
McManus Brothers - Harold & O. C.
Melott, Edward L
Mills, Virginia
Morrow, Lynn A.
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Morton, James A.
Bechtel, Dale
Bennett, Bernard L.
Benson, Carl O.
Boosalis, Viola
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Booth, Ethel
Buck, Wayne
Nelson, Faye
Bunker, Marilyn
Bruce, Wayne
Buma, Grace
Noonan, Mary Jane
Bunker, Marilyn
Burch, William E.
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O
Campbell, Ellen
O'Leary, Elizabeth
Christy, Willard J., Father
Cummins, William J. "Bud"
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P
Daniels, Fred A.
Petersen, Roy Willis
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Polson, Paul C.
Echrich, Mildred
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R
Garvin, James M.
Gilbert, Doris
Reinert, LeRoy
Gilbert, Leslie B.
Gustafson, Bert R.
Robinson, Verlyn
Rogge, Arnold Lee
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Hartigan, Helen
Hatterman, W H
Ryan, General John D.
Heller, Helen
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J
Schutt, Ellen
Jenkins, Margaret
Johnson, Hobe
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T
Keck, Gene
King, Charles A.
Kluge, Helen
Thaden, C. H. Rev
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Lewis, Lieut. Burton E.
Lynch, Louis J., Father
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Waterbury, Arnold S.
Weicht, Veryl W.
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Zembsch, Francis
HISTORICAL WAR EVENTS
that Cherokeans were involved in
April 9, 1942
Bataan's Surrender
March 7 - 25, 1945
The Battle of Remagen & The Bridge at Remagen
Source:
Many of the stories came from Cherokee County Historical Society Newsletters - Special WWII Editions
Many others came from the Society's scrapbook clippings. Others were perused from local newspapers.
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7 Jul 2025