Iowa's WWII Stories
Episode #2006
More than 276,000 Iowans went into military service during World War II. 8,398 never returned. Iowa Public Television's production is a tribute to those Iowans who put their lives on hold for more than three years to fight against the Axis powers of Germany, Italy and Japan. This program preserves the memories of some of those Iowans who served on the home front and the battlefront. [57 minutes]
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Heavy Rains Slow Allied Advance (#2006)
This is a portion of a newsreel shown to general audiences describing how the weather slowed the advance of 5th Army... 03:39
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U.S. Bombers Pave Way for Pacific Invasion (#2006)
This is a portion of a newsreel shown to general audiences describing the campaign in New Britain near New Guinea and... 03:47
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U.S. Army Air Corps Policy (#2006)
This is an excerpt from a film used to describe the United States Army Air Forces policy in Europe. The film... 04:43
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Stepping Stone To Japan (#2006)
This is a film used to describe what the United States Army Air Forces were doing to win the war in early 1944 in the... 04:55
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Review of the War in Europe (#2006)
Produced sometime in 1946, this film is a retrospective of the war in Europe. It includes footage of Roosevelt,... 05:10
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