Since the Veterans History Project was approved by Congress and the President in 2000, over 100,000 veterans have described their service in audio and video recordings that are now part of the collection. Submissions have been archived from veterans of World War I through Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

Iowa has a long history of supporting our nation’s military. In the Civil War, more than 76,000 Iowans served (more than any other state per capita), 114,242 Iowans served in World War I, 226,638 Iowans served in World War II, approximately 85,000 Iowans served in the Korean War, approximately 115,000 Iowans served in the Vietnam War, 3,050 Iowans served in the Persian Gulf War and thousands more have served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa hosts an annual Veterans History Project event the Friday before Veterans Day. He has submitted more than 60 recorded interviews of Iowa veterans to the Library of Congress to preserve their stories and honor their service for generations to come.

The Veterans History Project collects and makes accessible firsthand interviews and narratives of United States military veterans from World War I through the present. Grassley invites Iowa’s veterans to contribute by participating in a 30-minute to an hour-long taped interview about their service in the military. The interviews will then be made available through the Library of Congress. For more information on the Library of Congress’s Veterans History Project, visit http://www.loc.gov/vets.

“Iowa has a rich history of service members fighting on behalf of our country,” Grassley said. “This is an opportunity for Iowa’s veterans to tell their stories and document their contributions to American history for future generations.”

To learn more about this project please call Grassley’s Veterans Fellow, Harrison Swift, at 515-288-1145 or email him at VeteransFellow_Grassley@grassley.senate.gov.


Below are the completed records of veterans who have participated in the Veterans History Project with Sen. Grassley’s office.

Alan Manikowski - Clinton County

Andrea Joy Ferm - Marshall County

Arnold Joseph Boge - Chickasaw County

Billy Jim Rector - Bremer County

Brendan R. Burchard - Woodbury County

Brent M. Steere - Bremer County

Cecil A. Buschbom - Grundy County

Charles E. Sparrgrove, Jr - Clayton County

Charles H. Murphy - Virginia

Chiquita Denise Loveless - Black Hawk County

Dale E. Busler - Benton County

Dan Hefel - Clayton County

Darnell A. Jones - Bremer County

Darrell A. Blasberg - Bremer County

Darrell C. Groth - Black Hawk County

David Conrad Hinton, Jr. - Cerro Gordo County

David Grant - Polk County

David Lewis Pontious - Polk County

David M. Johnson - Marshall County

David Noel Jacks - Polk County

David Pontes Oliveira - Dallas County

Donald Joseph Stevens - Woodbury County

Donald Thiltgen - Dubuque County

Douglas Sienknecht - Tama County

Erling Jacob Bligard - Webster County

Gary L. Wood - Bremer County

George Herbert Ewers - Marshall County

Gerald Alan Edgar - Pottawattamie County

Gerald J. McGowan - Woodbury County

Gregory Adamson - Scott County

Harry Holland - Marshall County

Harry W. Frost - Marshall County

Heidi Ann Warrington - Black Hawk County

Jack Duane Hanson - Woodbury County

Jack Smith - Woodbury County

James L. Brandau - Bremer County

James N. Ites - Hardin County

James S. Kobus - Polk County

Jeffrey T. Hackett - Woodbury County

Jimmy L. Carter - Marshall County

John Henry Biege - Page County

John Larence Manfield - Woodbury County

Judith B. Lewison - Marshall County

Karl D. Zimmerman - Cerro Gordo County

Kirk Edwin Nelson - Polk County

Kyler Soucinek - Scott County

Larence George Harrington - Woodbury County

Larry Hoekstra - Sioux County

Larry Richard Pint - Black Hawk County

Larry Walters - Black Hawk County

Lee Fahrion - Scott County

Leonard L. Bisher - Grundy County

Leslie M. Graham - Marshall County

Maria Dunkel - Jones County

Mark Hunt - Johnson County

Marvin Henry Schmidt - Clay County

Maurice McWhirter - Tama County

Merle Wilson Van Sickle - Linn County

Michael Dean Brees - Marion County

Michael J. Reindl - Worth County

Mike Butler - Black Hawk County

Mike Matson - Scott County

Nancy Carol Quillen - Dallas County

Orville John Davis - Woodbury County

Peter Roush - Scott County

Richard A. Johnson - Marhsall County

Rita Kay Potratz - Black Hawk County

Robert Chambers - Scott County

Robert McCarville - Webster County

Robert Thompson, Jr. - Scott County

Roger Allen Sergent - Dallas County

Shane Sawyer - Muscatine County

Stephen R. Batten - Page County

Steve R. Steveson - Warren County

Thomas J. Harding - Marion County

Thomas Reilly - Marshall County

Thomas William Johnson - Butler County

Warren Granville Nelson - Woodbury County

William Offenburger - Lucas County

William Polking - Webster County

William Wayne Lyle - Woodbury County

Zachary K. Schick - Bremer County