Iowa Past to Present Teacher's Guide: Chapter 16: Word War I and Hard Times After
Germans Immigrate to Iowa
Dirt Roads at Camp Dodge
Iowa Soldiers, World War I 
Merle D. Hay
Soldiers at Camp Dodge
World War I Victory Arch at State Capitol, 1919
World War I Victory Parade at the State Capitol
World War I: Black Officers’ Training
Merle D. Hay
Time Frame: 1896-1917
Private Merle D. Hay was an Iowa native from Glidden. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in May of 1917. He was sent to Fort Bliss, Texas, and then to France. He and two other soldiers were killed on November 3 during a German invasion. Private Hay was the first Iowan killed in World War I.
Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
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