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 Submissions have been archived from veterans of World War I through Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.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