Iowa Gold Star Military Museum

06/14/2024

ARMY ART FRIDAY - ARMY BIRTHDAY & HERITAGE MONTH

"A Pictorial History of the U.S. Army" or "To Make Men Free"
by Norman Rockwell, 1943

How far back do you trace your family history in the U.S. Army?

U.S. Army U.S. Army Chief of Staff U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) U.S. Army Reserve U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

06/06/2024

Today, we remember the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Almost 1,000 WACs were assigned to SHAEF Headquarters and other organizations throughout Europe when the landings occurred. On July 14, 1944, forty-nine WACs of the Forward Echelon, Communications Zone, headed by Captain Isabel Kane, landed in Normandy. They immediately went to work as telephone operators, typists, and clerks working in tents and trailers. They are shown here the day they landed.

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command
U.S. Army Center of Military History

06/06/2024

Naval Combat Demolition Units (NCDU) hit the beach at H-Hour. A precursor to the Navy SEALS, a NCDU team was made up of six Sailors. On D-Day, NCDU teams were paired with the US Army engineers into groups called gap assault teams (GATs). The mission of the NCDUs was to detonate mines and clear obstacles at the waterline and on the landing beaches. -Day80 Naval History & Heritage Command

06/06/2024

06/03/2024

Vietnam War Living History event photos by Mike Treinen.

06/02/2024

Well done on a great Living History event!

06/02/2024

in 1943, F4F Wildcat pilot ENS Nile Kinnick was killed while making an emergency landing in the Gulf of Paria. He had been a standout football player at the University of Iowa, winning the Heisman Trophy in 1939. Bright, eloquent and charismatic, many people thought he would one day be the president of the U.S.

06/02/2024

Last chance to learn and about the Vietnam War in an interactive display until 1pm today at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum .

06/01/2024

Vietnam War Living History encampment seen through the periscope at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum.

06/01/2024

Vietnam War Living History event is in full swing at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum today until 5pm and Sunday from 9am - 1pm.

05/31/2024

Come out to the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum tomorrow 9am-5pm or Sunday 9am-1pm when history comes alive. Learn about the service members and the equipment they used during the Vietnam War. Bring your kids, cameras and questions.

05/15/2024

Thank you to the Iowa National Guard for sponsoring this event!
Hope to see you on Memorial Day, May 27th!

05/08/2024

History in Miniature presents:
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
Saturday May 11th 10am-2pm.

On November 27, 1950, approximately 120,000 soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army's 9th Army attacked approximately 30,000 soldiers of the US X Corps. For the next 17 days, the 1st US Marine Division and elements of the US Army 3rd and 7th Divisions withdrew under fire 70 miles from Yudam-ni along a single narrow road in freezing sub zero temperatures to the port of Hungnam.

05/08/2024

03/15/2024

The Presentation: Prisoners of War in Iowa by Linda McCann, scheduled for Saturday, March 16th, has been POSTPONED.

We will send out a new event notice as soon as we reschedule the event.

02/23/2024

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02/10/2024

World War II veteran Harold Payne with his daughter Sue Rich visited today. Harold, who turns 99 next month, served on the submarine tender USS Bushnell in the Pacific during WW II.

02/10/2024

Submarine Veterans of the Placoderm Base pledge allegiance before their meeting today.