Iowa Guard unit leaves for training in Louisiana 1941
On February 8 1941 Company G 136th Medical Regiment 34th Division Iowa National Guard dispatched seventy two enlisted men and eight officers with seventy thousand pounds of gear for training in Louisiana. Sgt Robert White later served in Ireland Italy and North Africa earning six battle stars and wearing the Invasion Arrow Head. Iowa City remembers these men and Bud Louis of Louis Rexall Drug Store grew up there amid town stories.
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136Th Medical Regiment
34Th Division
Iowa National Guard
Louisiana
Robert White
Ireland
34Th
Red Bull” Division
Algiers
Tunisia
Naples
Rome
North Apennnines
Po Valley
White
Betty
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Iowa City
Bud Louis
Louis Rexall Drug Store
Local East Iowa safety reports list multiple arrests and incidents
The Log details several charges from public safety in Eastern Iowa. Darryl Jenkins and Cory Valentine face early morning DUI and theft-related charges in Iowa City and Coralville. Lindsay Ramsey is cited on Dubuque Street. Larry Bredeson faces domestic abuse and injury. William Hawbaker is charged with drunken driving marijuana use and assault after a dispute in Coralville. Phillip Graber accused of second degree robbery at Cub Foods. Medical calls in Iowa City total two.
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Darryl Gerrard Jenkins
Fourth Ave
Coralville
Highway
Iowa City City
Lindsay Ann Ramsey
26Th Ave
Marion
Dubuque
Mayflower Hall
Iowa City
Cory Valentine
Moline
Highway 6
Iowa Avenue
Larry Alan Bredeson
Dodge St
Apt
Western Hills
Phillip James Graber
Washington
Cub Foods
Highway 1
Kent Park Lake in 1970s Created Recreation Hub
Kent Park Lake, a man made feature built in 1970, draws swimmers sunbathers and anglers amid emerald hills. Lifeguards guard the beach as park staff stock catfish and anglers reel bluegill bass and crappie while trails bridges and wildlife enrich a busy 86 campsite park experience.
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Emerald Hills
Kent Park Lake
Iowa
NAMESAKE Park honors photographer who loved nature
Fred W. Kent, an early Volkswagen owner who shot birds, inspired the environment focus at F.W. Kent Park near Tiffin. Opened 1965 with 221 acres, now 1,082 acres, and an active environmental education center. Kent, who grew up in De Witt, earned money for UI studies through photography and became official US photographer in 1916.
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Fred W. Kent
F.W. Kent Park
Tiffin
Highway 6
Kent
Johnson County Conservation Board
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