This is a picture of Edward Heckenberg in his World War I uniform. Heckenberg hailed from West Des Moines Township in Mahaska County, Iowa. Heckenberg is one of several men who served his country in World War I from Mahaska County, Iowa.
This is a picture of Homer McFall in his World War I uniform. McFall hailed from West Des Moines Township in Mahaska County, Iowa. McFall is one of several men who served his country in World War I from Mahaska County, Iowa.
This is a picture of Peter Klaaren in his World War I uniform with his brother Aber. Klaaren hailed from West Des Moines Township in Mahaska County, Iowa. Klaaren is one of several men who served his country in World War I from Mahaska County,…
This is a photograph taken of the men from Mahaska County who served in World War I at Glenwood Park in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The men were given a hearty welcome as they entered the Rock Island Depot in Oskaloosa, being greeted with a welcome arch and…
This photograph was taken on April 26, 1916, as the men from Company H departed for Europe in World War I. The men paraded down High Avenue East in downtown Oskaloosa to be properly sent off by the community and loved ones. Many of these men went…
This photograph dates to August 9-18, 1915 and depicts the men from Company H who were known as the Horse Thief Squad. Although the United States did not enter World War I until early 1917, the men in this picture went on to serve in Company H…
This is a picture of the men who participated in World War I and was taken in June, 1918. It is not clear if the men pictured here already had served in the war or if they were about to be sent overseas to fight Germany and the Ottoman Empire. The…
This is a photo of four generations of soldiers that defended our freedoms, from the Civil War, Spanish-American War (1898-1899), World War I (1917-1918), and World War II (1941-1945). Henry Adams White is the oldest gentleman in the photo, being…
This is a photo of four generations of soldiers that defended our freedoms, from the Civil War, Spanish-American War (1898-1899), World War I (1917-1918), and World War II (1941-1945). Henry Adams White is the oldest gentleman in the photo, being…
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month of 1918, the Allies successfully signed an armistice agreement with Germany in Rethondes, France. Aside from huge celebration for this occasion across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the…
