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Title: U.S. Army Plane Over Downtown Grinnell
Description: View of an U.S. Army airplane over downtown Grinnell (the Spencer building on the northeast corner of 4th Avenue and Main Street) during World War II. The pilot is identified as Grinnellian, Bob Garrigan, and the photo, dated July 29, 1942 was taken by Portrait-Art Studios, Grinnell, Iowa.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:11925

Title: USS Natchez
Description: Photograph of a naval ship tentatively identified as the USS Natchez, Jack Pilgrim's ship in World War II.
Date Created: 1942
PID: grinnell:17378

Title: United States Army 335th Signal Company
Description: Photo of the United States Army 335th Signal Company in 1944. The 335th was attached to the 52nd Troop Carrier Wing. William L. Belcher is in the third row, third from the left (of those visible). A roster of the company including the names and hometowns of those in the photo is available at https://digital.grinnell.edu/islandora/object/grinnell%3A6515. (The roster is alphabetical, it does not identify individuals in this picture.)
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:6516

Title: United States Army Discharge Papers for Ben P. Tarleton
Description: Honorable discharge papers from the United States Army for Ben P. Tarleton dated July 21, 1919.
Date Created: 1919
PID: grinnell:12068

Title: War Ration Book Two
Description: Ben Tarleton's War Ration Book Two issued by the U.S. Office of Price Administration.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:12071

Title: World War II Monument in Montezuma
Description: Charles and Leon Rowell pose in front of the World War II monument on the lawn of the Montezuma courthouse in Montezuma, Iowa. The monument, dedicated on January 20, 1945, was designed and built by C.J. Zirbel and Harold Swanson. It stood 27 feet high on an eight foot base with a peak at the top to emulate the Washington Monument. All four sides listed the names of servicemen and women in the vicinity. At some point in time the monument was torn down as it was built of wood and had deteriorated over the years. The panels with the soldiers names may be at the Poweshiek County Historical and Genealogical Society. The scaffold in the background is because they were putting a new roof on the courthouse.
Date Created: 1945
PID: grinnell:27238

Title: World War II Soldiers
Description: Paul Renfrow, in the middle, poses with fellow soldiers during World War II.
Date Created: 1944
PID: grinnell:35562