View from the Cedar Valley

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In praise of 'Dr. Bobbert'
State-renowned Parkersburg-born historian Dr. Robert Neymeyer takes a victory stroll
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Waterloo woman renews call for lasting memorial to early Black Boy Scouts
Edgar Cunningham was one of the first Black Eagle Scouts in the U.S.
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A flight of honor from Waterloo to D.C.
Cedar Valley Honor Flight takes 31st flight of veterans to Washington
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War through a child's eyes
Bosnian-American former legislator from Waterloo tells her story
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New film captures Iowans' Vietnam service
June/July showing dates set for Riverside, Osage, Waterloo, Altoona and Emmetsburg
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An Iowa elected official serving with pride
Chris Schwartz is in his third term on the Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors
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The heroes of Madison County in WWII
County's World War II dead include cross-section of service
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May 2025

Iowa Guard soldiers get emotional sendoff
"Ironman Battalion' on fifth Mideast mission since 2003; part of 1,800 from Iowa
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A coachable moment with a new pope
An opportunity for healing among the alienated
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Two Iowa chaplains among the first who gave it all in WWII and Vietnam
NE Iowa chaplains were at Pearl Harbor and with the Screaming Eagles in Vietnam
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Iowa WWII pilot, 101, recalls close calls
Ferrying planes was no joy ride for Ralph Alshouse
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One soldier's story on V-E Day
Entries from father's World War II diary chart path to war's end.
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