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During the earlier stages of US operations in the Mediterranean Theater, the German Luftwaffe still had strong offensive capabilities. Thus three of the six Pottawattamoie County fallen listed below died via Luftwaffe attacks. 
Sources for the WW II - The MTO Sea War webpage
  • The webpage header photo HMT Rhona is courtesy of history.com. The Rhona took to their graves 1,015 American servicemen; 35 more subsequently died of wounds. Except for the sinking of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, it was the worst naval disaster in US military history.
Pottawattamie County, Iowa WW II Dead - The MTO Sea War
(taken from the bigpigeon.us WW II Dead webarea)
  • 02-04 - The MTO Sea War: (six dead, updated 6 Oct ’19)
    † Alff, John Fredrick - SN 37-118-084, US Army
    436 Coast Artillery Bn.; on troop transport USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42) KIA 12 Nov ’42 Fedala Roads, Casablanca, Morocco, North Africa; sunk by German submarine U-130, 31 dead; BNR; Operation Torch.
    † Andersen, Eugene Phillip - SN 6484043, US Navy
    landing ship tank LST-36; KIA Aug ’43, NE of Palermo, Sicily; ship attacked by German bomber; Operation Husky.
    † Berry, Kenneth Coit - SN 6481271, US Navy
    destroyer USS Buck (DD-420); KIA 9 Oct ’43 off Capri, Italy; ship torpedoed by German submarine U-616, 97 survived; BNR.
    † Morris, Eddie Jack - SN 6480905, US Navy
    cruiser USS Savannah (CL-52); KIA 11 Sep ’43 off Salerno, Italy; ship hit by radio-controlled guide-bomb but survived,197 died; BNR.
    † Soppe, Raymond Ferdinand - SN 37-156-293, US Army
    31st Signal Construction Bn.; on HMT Rhona; KIA 26 Nov ’43 off Bougie, E of Algiers, Algeria; ship sunk by a German guided glide bomb; BNR.
    † Supernois, Donald Ward - SN 3163438, US Navy
    destroyer USS Rowan (DD-405); KIA 11 Sep ‘43 off Salerno, Italy; sunk by German E-boat torpedo, 202 crew lost; BNR.