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bigpigeon.us webpage WWII Roster, © 2023 by Robert A. Christiansen, updated by RAC 1 Feb 2023.
This module is a tribute to over 500 Word War II dead from Southwestern Iowa's Pottawattamie area. 
​Links to the other Big Pigeon WWII Modules:
WWII US
WWII Japan
WWII Germany
Links to all subpages of Big Pigeon's Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster module:
  • Roster Records - A    B     C     D    EF    G    H    IJ    KL    M     NO    P    QR    S    TUV    WXYZ    
  • Roster Appendices - some WWII-era local deaths that are  not in the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster.
  •      Other In-Service Deaths   
  •      Post-Separation Deaths
  • Roster Residences - roster members' home locations, broken up into eleven areas, the first seven are complete:​
  •     Council Bluffs - held over half the population of Pottawattamie County.
  •     Rural Pottawattamie County - the remainder of Pottawattamie County.
  •     Cass County - east of Pottawattamie County.
  •     Harrison County - north of Pottawattamie County.
  •     Mills County - south of Pottawattamie County.
  •     Montgomery County - south of Pottawattamie County and east of Mills County.
  •     Shelby County - north of Pottawattamie County and east of Harrison County.
  •     Other Southwest Iowa Counties - eleven other counties
  •     Other Iowa Counties - 
  •     Iowa's Six Border States - Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, & Wisconsin.
  •     Other States - California was far the most common.
  • Roster Fatalities - roster members' death location, first by five geographic areas, then aircraft and ship deaths.
  •     War with Japan - War with Japan roster deaths.
  •     Battle of the Atlantic - War with Germany roster deaths - Atlantic Ocean component.
  •     The Mediterranean Theater - War with Germany roster deaths - Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
  •     The European Theater - War with Germany roster deaths - European Theater of Operations.
  •     Stateside - stateside roster deaths while in service.​
  • Roster Notes - gateway to the following miscellaneous roster-related topics:         
  •     The Air Dead - roster deaths in aircraft.
  •     The Sea Dead - roster deaths on ships.​
  •     Awards for Valor - incomplete
  •     Roster Demographics​   
  •    Iowa Casualties and Dead        
  • Roster Photos -  (ten subpages are not listed here).​
  •     Roster Photos - Contents.
  • Roster Outliers - area dead veterans that fit into special categories. 
  •     Pott. Co. Discrepancies - special categories of outliers from Pottawattamie County only.
  • About the Roster
  •     Roster Planning - includes roster records being prepared but not yet incorporated within Big Pigeon.
  •     Members Not in St. Paul's - lists roster members not in my main database.
  • Roster Attic - miscellaneous content not of general interest   
  •     Recent Roster Additions  - records added beginning 13 December 2022.
  •     Roster Additions Log - for most of the period 2020-22.

About Big Pigeon's WWII Roster module:
  • This module provides different views of the Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead Roster (e.g, by home location and death location).
  • You can use this module in conjunction with the WWII information in Big Pigeon's WWII US, WWII Japan and WWII Germany modules.
  • The WWII roster includes all but two of the known official WWII military deaths credited to Cass, Pottawattamie, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, and Shelby Counties in southwestern Iowa.
  • The WWII roster includes both personal information (e.g., parents) and military data (e.g., unit). ​

Some other relevant Big Pigeon content:​
  • WWII US  > WWII Ground Forces - Army and Marine Corps ground forces during WWII.
  • WWII US > WWII in the Air - the major US WW II aircraft.
  • WWII US > WWII at Sea - US WWII warships and maritime losses.

Sources for Big Pigeon's WWII Roster webpage:
  • NO LONGER USED The webpage header image, Council Bluffs Veteran's Plaza, shows the Veterans Memorial Plaza just east of Bayliss Park. See http://genealogytrails.com/iowa/pottawattamie/veterans_plaza.htm.
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