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1939-1945


The Allies opposed the Axis, involving more than 100 million people from more than thirty countries. Invasions were happening all over the globe. Germany formed the Axis Alliance conquering much of Europe, beginning with the invasion of Poland- Sept. 1, 1939. Italy joined. The United Kingdom and members of the British Commonwealth were the major forces against the Axis Alliance.

In June 1941, the Axis Force advanced their conquest over Soviet Union. Joining the Axis, Japan made an attack on Pearl Harbor that started the WWII war in December 1941.  The Axis was stopped in 1942, losing at Midway, near Hawaii; Germany was defeated in North Africa and at Stalingrad in Russia. In 1943, there was a series of defeats on the Eastern Front. 1944, the Western Allies invaded France. The following year, the Allies defeated the Japanese Navy and captured the Key Pacific Islands.

The war ended with an invasion in Germany. Still dealing with Japan, the Potsdam Declaration was drawn, asking for unconditional surrender; underlining terms, if denied. President Truman, Winston Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek agreed on terms, stating: “If they didn’t surrender, they would face prompt and utter destruction.” Opposition prompted the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August. Following an attack from the Soviet Union, Japan surrendered August 15, 1945.  Massive deaths of civilians were caused by the Holocaust, bombing of the cities and use of nuclear weapons.
The United Nations was established to bring countries together and prevent future conflicts. The Soviet Union and United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War which lasted the following forty-six years.
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During World War 2, the Legion sent the Brooklyn Teller (newspaper) to the servicemen. In return, they would write letters to the paper about their surroundings, adventures (not always good) in different locations. Their assignments varied: Chuck Staley, Archie ‘Beans’ DeRemer, Kenneth Ellis, Durward Bund, Robert Kivin-pilots; Dalton ‘Jiggs’ Newton- airplane mechanic; Miles Smith- repairing automobiles; Lynn William- sang with the Cookie (camp cook); Roy Williams- artillery; Ed Smith, Eldon Ellis- radio operators; Lloyd Hitchcock- ground soldiers

Many lives were ended and many returned home to start a new life, memories stayed.
WW2

Served in World War II

Marion v. Adimson Donald H. Allen – Army Loy Allen
Robert S. Allen– Army Ronald C. Allen Donald R. Alme – Navy
Donald Ames William F. Ames – Navy Earl Amidon – Army/Air Force
Melvin Amidon Arthur A. Anderson– Army Bryant B. Anderson– Army
Delbert B. Anderson Warren M. Anthony Beth Armstrong– Navy
Fredrick J. Armstrong– Air Force Herbert M. Armstrong– Air Force Michael D. Armstrong– Navy
Miles W. Armstrong– Army Bernard Babler Gilbert ‘Goldie’ Baebler– Air Force
Boyd M. Baldwin – Army/ Air Force Fred Baldwin – Army Harry Baldwin – Army
Hurst Barnett Harry Bavery– Army Harvey Beltz – Army
Melvin Beltz – Army Archie F. Bennett – Army Jesse E. Benway– Army
Melvin Berger– Army Ralph F. Bergland– Army William J. Berryman
Wilmer Berryman -Army Arvin R. Best – Army Albert Beyer
Donald R. Beyer– Army Harvey J. Bjerke – Army Norman L. Billings– Navy
Jerome Bollig – Army Roger Lee Borst-Army Reserves William Borst Jr. – Army
Bernard R. Brickner– Navy Roy Brown– Army Durward F. Bund– Air Corps
Raymond Bund – Army Edward D. Bunzinger – Army Hillis P. Buxton– Army
Cletus L. Byrnes– Army Lucian Byrnes– Army Ann Cadet– Air Force
William Calhoun – Army R.I. Callahan – Army Rolland P. Callahan
Cornelius J. Campion Bert Carr Jr. – Army Raymond Chamberlain Army
Connie Champion Navy Kensal R. Chandler– Navy Ray Chandler – Army
Kenneth Pierre Chapin– Navy Robert Chatsy– Marines C. J. Christensen– Air Force
Erasmus Christensen – Army Erving K. Christensen Erwin Christensen
James Christensen Melvin Christensen– Army Robert Christensen– Navy
Bernard Christiansen – Army Robert E. Christianson Roland C. Clark
Cornelius Collins – Army Andrew Craven Charles Craven – Army
Richard Craven – Navy Robert Craven – Army Warren Crocker – Army
Edward M. Crotty– Army Arthur Cunzenheim– Army Palmer N. Curless– Army
Theodore Curless Jr. – Army Edward Dallman – Army Edwin L. Dallman– Army
Claude Danks, Jr. John H. Davis– Navy William Deegan Jr.– Army
Arden Denton Chester Denton – Army Archie C. DeRemer– Army/ Air Force
Claude DeRemer– Army/ Air Force August B. Derschwiller – Army James L. Devalt – Army
Joe Devlin Marvin D. Devlin – Navy Rolland E. Devlin– Navy
Charles H. Devoll George E. Devoll Harry Devoll – Army
Roy Devoll – Army James L. DeWalt– Army Helen M. Knoff Deyo
Jesse Dietz Jr.– Army Oscar Dietz – Army Maroy C. Dietzsch – Army
Oscar Dietzsch– Army Kenneth Disch– Marines John M. Doyle – Army
Leo Doyle – Army Eugene W. Eaton – Navy Arthur W. Ellis– Army/Air Corps
Eldon J. Ellis– Army/Air Force Ellen Ellis Harmon Ellis – Army
Harold Ellis – Army Kenneth A. Ellis – Army/Air Corps Leroy Ellis – Army
Robert A. Ellis– Army/Air Force George L. Elmer John V. Elmer – Army
LaVerne H. Elmer– Army Robert J. Elmer– Army George L. Elmergreen– Army
William C. Endicott– Navy Donald L. Erdman – Army Archie V. Erickson– Navy
Philip E. Erickson– Army Truman G. Erickson– Army Fred Evans
Ellis Fink– Army Earl G. Farnsworth– Navy John D. Farnsworth – Army
Wesley Farnsworth– Navy Marlin Fawcett – Army Clifford E. Ferrell – Army
Myrland J. Ferrell – Army Donald A. Ferris– Army Walter Fiecher – Army
Roy L. Firebaugh – Army Arthur Fleek John A. Fleek
Frank Flood – Army Harold Flood Tomlin Flood – Navy
William C. Flood– Air Corps Ernest Formissiere – Army Edward Frankhauser– Army
William L. Frederick– Army Gerald L. Frei – Army/Air Force Charles Freidig – Army
Henry F. Frisch– Army Harold N. Gard Donald Gardner
Donald Gargner– Air Force August B. Gerschwiler– Army Carl E. Gillette – Army
Earl Gillette Charles E. Godding– Army Kenneth J. Golz – Army
Ralph Graves – Army Roger S. Gray – Navy James P. Green
Donald R. Griffith – Army Ivan C. Grinnell– Army Melvin L. Grinnell – Army
Sheldon L. Grinstad– Navy Ira T. Hall– Army Charles J. Hallmark – Army
Lester K. Hansen – Army Nemor Hansen Vernon F. Hansen– Navy
Arnold Hanson – Army Donald Hanson Ellsworth A. Hanson – Army
Osborn D. Hare– Navy Urho J. Hauta Conrad D. Heiman
Fredrick L. Heller – Navy Floyd J. Hendricks Alfred Hendrickson– Army
Keith Hendrickson Malcom Hendrickson Kenneth Hess– Navy
Elmer R. Hillmer– Army Lloyd Hitchcock– Army John V. Hogan – Air Force
John T. Hogg Lester Hoilory – Army Lester M. Holberg – Army
Edward J. Holton Freeman Homme– Army Raymond L. Humberg– Army
Gordon Jacobson– Army Kermit M. Jacobson Lloyd Jacobson
Mark Jacobson Donald Jacquish Jacob A. Jefferson, Sr. – Navy
Curtis Jensen Curtis Johnson– Navy Lowell Johnson
Quentin B. Johnson– Navy Robert M. Johnson– Navy Stanley O. Johnson
Vincent Johnson Andres M. Jones John Jones
Neil Joppa – Army Harold Judd – Army Caroline L. Kamm – Army/Nurse
Gothfried H. Kammer– Army Melvin Kammer Carl King
Earl King– Army Jerome J. Kivlin– Navy Norris J. Kivlin– Army
Robert V. Kivlin– Marines Robert Kivlin Jr. – Navy Eugene Kluever– Army
Harlow L. Kluever– Army Ralph Kluever Leon Knable – Army
Robert H. Knight – Army Merle A. Kopke– Navy Harold R. Krueger– Army/Air Force
Morris E. Lamb– Army Virgil G. Lamb– Marines Charles Larsen– Army
Einer ‘Ike’ Larsen– Army/Air Corps Arthur Leake – Army Elam Leary – Army
Albert L. Lee Obert Lee – Army Edward J. Leemar– Army
Edward J. Leeseman Ivan Legler William Legler Jr. – Army
George M. Lewis Jon K. Lewis S.H. Lewis– Army
Ole N. Lien– Marines Clayton Likeness– Army Joseph C. Lochner
Leonard A. Loftus – Army John F. Loghry, Jr. Leo W. Long – Army
George M. Loomis Sr.– Army/Air Force Irvin Luchsinger Lutz Veaon
Rives Lutz Paul Luxem Floyd L. Main, Jr.
Lavern A. Martin– Army Rex Mason– Marines Frances McCormick – Army
Leo C. McCormick – Army Francis D. McGuire – Navy Clarence McHenry – Army
Gregory McHenry – Marines Ann McKay – Army David McNulty
Joseph Meboe– Army Milo F. Merrit– Army Eugene Meyer – Navy
Donald Miller – ASNAVS Jerome P. Miller John L. Moore
Marland M. Moore– Army Marion Mueller– Army/Air Force Robert E. Mueller– Army/Air Force
Robert Munson Earl Neath Russell Neath– Army
Donald H. Nelson– Army Wayne Nelson– Navy Donald F. Nesbit– Army
Leonard Nesbit– Army Raymond E. Nesbit– Army Edward Nevel– Army
Dalton A. Newton Virgil Normington Sr. – Army Donald Noyce Sr. – Army
Gary Nye Harry Nye Terry Nye
Lee Obert – Army Robert O’Brien– Air Corps Sheldon O’Brien
Arthur F. Oscar – Army Carroll Oscar– Navy Clifford W. Oscar– Army
Herman W. Oscar – Army Lloyd W. Oscar– Army Wallace J. Olsen
Erwin L. Olson – Army Raymond A. Olson – Army Robert J. Olson – Marines
Emil Otteson – Army Earle R. Parmeniter – Navy James Patterson – Army
Leon C. Patterson – Army William N. Patterson – Army John Paynter – Army
Robert Paynter – Air Force William Paynter – Army Richard Pernot
Kenneth Peterson – Army Horace Phillips – Army Donald Pierson – Army-POW
Thomas G. Purcell– Marines Harry Rassmussen – Army Herman Rasmussen – Army
Howard B. Rasmussen– Navy James Rasmussen– Army Walter Rasmussen– Navy
Maurice Reese– Navy Frank P. Rhinehart– Army Ronald Rhyn
John C. Rhynder – Army Glenn A. Richards – Army Maurice H. Ringhand-Army
Melvin Ringhand – Army LeRoy Root – Army Vaughn Root
Gilmore Rorge– Army Robert M. Ross– Navy Galen J. Rossiter
Garrett J. Runy Werner Ryner – Army George W. Sawtelle– Navy/Air Force
DeLyle Schulz– Army Raymond A. Schultz Army Wesley V. Schulz– Army
Gerald Schwenn William Scott Richard Scoville– Navy
Robert Severson– Army Theodore Shuld – Navy Harry C. Sikorowski– Navy
Ann M. Siler James Hayden Siler– Army Robert S. Skeggs
Clifton E. Smith– Army Edward D. Smith– Army/Air Corps Harvey P. Smith – Army/Air Force
Leslie Smith – Army Mark T. Smith Miles M. Smith– Army
Ned F. Smith– Army/Air Corps Robert C. Smith – Army Rodney Smith– Army/Air Corps
Roy Smith– Navy Victor H. Smith– Navy Victor R. Sodeholm– Army
John W. Spanton– Navy Kenneth Lyle Spanton– Navy Russell M. Spilde– Navy
Anthony J. Stake– Army Charles W. Staley– Army/Air Force Walter Stampfli– Army
Robert W. Stillman– Army Howard J. Strassman – Army Roy A. Sturm
Theodore Sturm – Army Roger G. Stryhn– Army Archie Swan
Leona F. Swann Harry C. Switalski Wendell L. Switalski – Navy
Upton C. Taylor – Army James J. Thickpenny – POW Warren E. Thomas– Marines
Albert C. Thompson– Army Dale Thompson– Army Eldon Thompson
Howard R. Thompson– Navy Leonard C. Thompson– Army Lowell Thompson
Roger Thompson – Army Vaughn Thompson Warren Thompson
Robert E. Thornton– Army Arley Tiffany– Army Gordon L. Tilley– Navy
Jerome Triggs – Navy Leonard Triggs Leonard Tronnes– Navy
Bryant Wackman – Navy Kenneth B. Wackman – Navy James Wait – Army
L.A. Waldsmith – Army Mearl E. Waldsmith– Navy James Wall – Army
Arleigh J. Waller– Army Beckwith B. Walls – Army David L. Warner– Navy
Arthur Warren – Army Thomas E. Warren– Marines Delbert Wartzok – Army
Herbert D. Weltzin– Army/Air Corps Merlin West Clarence Wethal
Orin R. Wethal – Army Stanley Wethal – Army Beth H. White
Burle Williams– Army Curtis Eldon Williams– Army Lynn H. Williams– Army
Roy W. Williams – Army William Williamson Harlow E. Wolf – Navy
Robert Worthington – Army Charles E. Yarwood – Navy Edward D. Zanzinger – Army
Gilmore L. Zhe – Army Leo Zimmer Martin Zimmer
Ernest Geoffrey ZumBrunnen – Marines Royce Zumbrunnen – Army Marvin Zwickey – Army/Air Force
Norman Zwiefel
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