This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Reed World War I ace featured on newsreels as Hawkeye Bill
Marion native Bill Reed, a top 1935 class student and Flying Tiger ace,aviator hero of China Burma India theater, downed 11 planes and destroyed many on the ground. He returned to Marion in 1942 with 10 000 locals cheering Bill Reed Day. Reed died in 1945 when his plane crashed during salvage.
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Reed
Ace
Hawkeye Bill
Nile Kinnick
Marion
Dave Etzel
Kinnick
University of Iowa
Bill Farr
Cedar Rapids
China
Bill Reed
City Square Park
Movietone
Mandalay
Himalayas
Larry Martin
Marion Country Club
Ferreter
Martin
What
Army Air Corps
Loras College
Dubuque
Louisiana
Claire Chennault
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
United States
Chennault
Pearl Harbor
Air Force” of Volunteers
U.S. Air Corps
14Th Air Force
Flying Tigers
Bill
Farr
Mayme
Mayme Reed
Flying Tiger
R.T. Smith
Smith
Ed Ferreter
First Presbyterian
George Stemm