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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Hub > Project Description, © 2025 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 1 Aug 2025
Big Pigeon's World War II component supports my Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead project, which memorializes over 700 WWII dead who had ties to Iowa's Pottawattamie County or to nearby Iowa counties.
Big Pigeon's World War II component supports my Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead project, which memorializes over 700 WWII dead who had ties to Iowa's Pottawattamie County or to nearby Iowa counties.
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My project goals were threefold:
Five modules comprise this Big Pigeon component, namely WWII Area Dead, WWII Project Hub, WWII US, WWII Japan, and WWII Germany. These modules appear in the Weebly navigation bar above every Big Pigeon webpage. However, my website is so complex that one is better served by generally using the links I provide rather than getting entangled in Weebly's pull-down menus.
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From within Big Pigeon's WWII Dead module, you can view information about roster members from three perspectives:
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I endeavored to summarize the United States role in WWII combat. Big Pigeon's WWII Project Hub lists all webpages within the WWII Japan and WWII Germany modules. Not all webpages are complete.
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The WWII US module contains disparate webpages that do not fit in nicely elsewhere. This is mostly information of a non-combat nature about United States involvement in World War II. This module is largely independent of the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead project.
::::::::: Linking the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster and the World War II Combat Webpages :::::::::::
Each roster member who died overseas appears in a list at the bottom of the corresponding WWII combat webpage. Via this webpage, one may gain some understanding of how a member's death figured into the complexity of WWII combat operations.
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After leaving military service, many WWII veterans carried a physical or psychic burden, sometimes unknown to their family, friends and community. I once thought that looking at the causes of death of veterans who died within a few years of leaving service might cast some light on the nature of these burdens.
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My project goals were threefold:
- Build a roster containing information for each of these Iowans.
- Develop summaries of United States involvement in World War II with Japan and with Germany.
- Link the roster and the summaries.
Five modules comprise this Big Pigeon component, namely WWII Area Dead, WWII Project Hub, WWII US, WWII Japan, and WWII Germany. These modules appear in the Weebly navigation bar above every Big Pigeon webpage. However, my website is so complex that one is better served by generally using the links I provide rather than getting entangled in Weebly's pull-down menus.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: To View Pottawattamie Area World War II Dead Roster Information :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
From within Big Pigeon's WWII Dead module, you can view information about roster members from three perspectives:
- WWII Dead > Roster Records - view alphabetical lists of roster members' records. These records, which contain very brief biographic data, occupy 46 webpages as of July 2025.
- WWII Dead > Residences - view lists of roster members by a home residence location (listed by town for the Pottawattamie area, otherwise listed by county or state).
- WWII Dead > Death Locations - view lists of roster members by death location. For combat deaths, this is generally the campaign or battle in which they became a fatality.
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I endeavored to summarize the United States role in WWII combat. Big Pigeon's WWII Project Hub lists all webpages within the WWII Japan and WWII Germany modules. Not all webpages are complete.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: The WWII US Module ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
The WWII US module contains disparate webpages that do not fit in nicely elsewhere. This is mostly information of a non-combat nature about United States involvement in World War II. This module is largely independent of the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead project.
::::::::: Linking the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster and the World War II Combat Webpages :::::::::::
Each roster member who died overseas appears in a list at the bottom of the corresponding WWII combat webpage. Via this webpage, one may gain some understanding of how a member's death figured into the complexity of WWII combat operations.
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Post-Separation Deaths :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
After leaving military service, many WWII veterans carried a physical or psychic burden, sometimes unknown to their family, friends and community. I once thought that looking at the causes of death of veterans who died within a few years of leaving service might cast some light on the nature of these burdens.
- WWII Dead > Ancillary Records lists around 100 Pottawattamie area WWII veterans who died no later than 1950, generally including the cause of death.
- Such deaths are included in the Residences lists mentioned above but not in Roster Records or Death Locations.
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- MTO - Mediterranean Theater of Operations, North Africa, Sicily, and the Italian mainland.
- ETO - European Theater of Operations, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and western and southern Germany.
- OrBat - Order of Battle, about the larger army units involved in a major ground operation.
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- The webpage header image, Council Bluffs Veterans' Plaza, shows the Veterans Memorial Plaza on the east edge of Bayliss Park in downtown Council Bluffs. The expansive WWII section is just to the right of the WWI section. http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/pottawattamie/veterans_plaza.htm.