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    • Story City Historical Society
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  • Museums
    • Story City Museum
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse
    • Bartlett House Museum
    • Carriage House Museum
  • Events
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    • Dr. Frances Bartlett Kinne
    • Story City Century Homes & Buildings >
      • Century Buildings
      • Century Homes
      • Brochure & Map
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse >
      • A Day in the Sheldall Schoolhouse
      • Sheldall School Students
      • Sheldall School Teachers
      • Life After Sheldall Schoolhouse
      • Sheldall Schoolhouse Video
    • Woodland Farms >
      • Hermanson Origins
      • Women of Woodland Farms
      • Woodland Diary
      • Woodland Turkey Growers
      • Woodland Farms International
      • Woodland Farms & Story City
    • WWI Gold Star Soldiers >
      • Clifford Cate
      • Milton Goins
      • Hans Abrahamson
      • Peterson & Wier
      • Boyd & Larson
      • Christian Karlsen
      • Clarence Olson
      • Peter Swenson Bratteland
      • Kornelius Tvedt
    • Story City in WWII
    • Downtown Business Project
  • Virtual Exhibits
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

Dr. Alfred H. Lekwa 

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Photo from 1948 Herald Panorama Book.
Alfred Hanson Lekwa was born Dec. 16. 1893 to Hans Endresen and Sena Olson Lekwa. He died July 11, 1970 and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
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Dr. Lekwa served in World War II with the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Heinzelman in the Pacific in 1942-43, at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, CA and U.S. Navy Destroyer Base, Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA.
Story City Herald Articles
October 22, 1942
February 25, 1943
June 10, 1943
June 17, 1943
July 15, 1943
September 2, 1943
December 2, 1943
February 24, 1944
May 11, 1944
May 11, 1944
September 28, 1944
July 19, 1945
Draft Registration Card 
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Draft registration card front.
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Draft registration card back.
Iowa Bonus File Application 
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Page 2
Photos of Dr. Lekwa - Courtesy of Steve Lekwa
Alfred Lekwa in WWI uniform. He left medical school to enlist and ended the war as a drill sergeant. He completed his medical training after the war and practiced medicine first at Dows, IA, and then in Story City.
Doc Lekwa on right, aboard the USS Heinzelman, a troop transport, somewhere in the Pacific.
Doc Lekwa aboard the USS Heinzelman.
Doc Lekwa at his desk aboard the USS Heinzelman.
Funeral Program - Courtesy of Richard Munsen's Collection
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