World War II in Iowa Family Sends Five Hobart Sons to War
Centerville family records five Hobart brothers serving in World War II across Army Army Air Corps Army Engineers Corps Navy and Navy Air. Carl Hobart was killed June 22 1944 over Bologna Italy while on a B 24 mission. Oscar Jr and Robert Hobart survive in Centerville. Information provided by Phil Hobart of Cedar Rapids grandson of Oscar Hobart Sr. and son of Robert Hobart.
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Oscar Hobart
Centerville
Hobart
Oscar Hobart Sr
Iowa State Guard
Centerville Lowegian
James
Army
Carl
Army Air Corps
Robert
Army Engineers Corps
Oscar Jr
Navy Air
Abrupt Departure for African Invasion
Norma Claassen of Cedar Rapids recalls her husband’s wartime path from enlistment March 7, 1942 to his V-Mail in December. He served with the African invasion, landing at Casablanca and spending 21 months in Algiers before moving to Italy. He returned to the United States June 10, 1945.
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Norma Claassen
Cedar Rapids
Army
Camp Crowder
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Africa
Casablanca
Morocco
Algiers
Italy
States
Exciting 1941 Start for Osincups at Iowa Campus
Betty and Herb Osincup enter 1941 as newlyweds who met at Cornell College and transferred to the State University of Iowa in Mount Vernon. They married after her graduation, Betty was pregnant, and Pearl Harbor soon followed. Herb, a pharmacist intern, faced deferment and attempted enlistment, while Americans focused on homefront production for allies.
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Dale Kueter
Free Lance
Herb
Betty Osincup
Chicago
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
State University of Iowa
Iowa
Big Ten
Pearl Harbor
Selective Service Board
Osincup
Father Advice From War Letter to Son Leaving for Service
Weston Ralston of Cedar Rapids left for Army Air Corps service in 1943. His father urged him to give his best in every task, maintain high standards, and accept the Army's scope beyond drill and combat, expressing pride in Weston and his brother Jim who served as a pilot.
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Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Kalsem
Weston Ralston
Cedar Rapids
Weston
Army Air Corps
Jim
Army
Ainsworth Sailor in Chicago on V J Day
Dale Johnston of Ainsworth, Navy radioman on a minesweeper sunk earlier, spent V J Day amid massive Chicago crowds. He recalls being carried along, kissing a few girls during the celebration before his 1948 marriage, noting the festive atmosphere and sailor turnout.
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Chicago
Dale Johnston
Ainsworth
Navy
Oelwein Railway Yard Guards Against Sabotage
In Oelwein heavy guards closed the Chicago and Great Western Railway yards Wednesday to deter sabotage. About 1,100 employees and others with business are being issued identification tags. anyone on the property without tags will be arrested as trespassers.
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Oelwein
Chicago and Great Western Railway
All Iowa airports under police guard order
Gov. George Wilson ordered day and night police protection at all Iowa airports and to suspend licenses of pilots not on commercial lines or government contracts. Civilian pilot training students may not fly until new licenses are issued, with birth certificates and ID requested for applicants.
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Des Moines
George Wilson
State Aeronautics Commission
Iowa
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Gazette idea named national Pearl Harbor Day holiday
The Cedar Rapids Gazette drew national attention when the Associated Press sent a trunk wire story about its editorial suggestion to designate Pearl Harbor Day as a national holiday. The idea also reached listeners on The World Today radio program on the Columbia network quoting Harry Boyd’s Current Comment column.
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Jim Ralston
Wes Ralston
Germany
Ralston
Rodney Q. Selby
Iowa Industrial Defense Commission
Selby
Bert Murphy
Omaha
Neb
Office of Civilian Defense
Boyd
America
Mamie Eisenhower
C.R
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
French North Africa
Mamie Doud
John Doud
Wilson
Fourth Avenue
Tenth
Twelfth Streets
Washington, D.C
Harry C. Butcher
Butcher
Gazette
Washington High School
Grant Vocational School
Iowa City
Edna Pixley
Salt Lake City
Edna
George Hardiman
Ida Belle
Howard
Martha
Clara
Clara Hardiman
Robert Hobart
Cari Hobart
James Hobart
Oscar Hobart Jr
Navy Air Corps
Naomi Little Yates
Naomi
Dave Lee
Pasco
Wash
Collins Radio
Naomi Yates
Palo
William and
Leta
Seehusen
Imco News
William
Leta Decid
Johnie Stepanek
Jane Rothlisberger Marsh
Hiawatha
The
Red Cross
Evansville
Ind
Washington, Iowa
Mary Ralston Weston Ralston
U.S
Berlin
San Francisco
Moose Cavaliers
Mary Lou Stolba Cray
Second Street
Croy
Patti Klassen Hoffman
Tama
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