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    • Story City Museum
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  • 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
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

Luther A. Matson

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Luther Matson's official Army Air Corps photo, courtesy of Claudia Pauk.
Luther Ardean “Lute” Matson was born Dec. 20, 1925, to Henry K. and Grace Skogerboe Matson. He died Jan. 4, 2012, and is buried in Story City Cemetery, Story City, IA.
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Sgt. Matson served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps 400th “Jolly Rogers” Squadron, 90th Bomb Squad in the East Indies, New Guinea, China, Luzon, Southern Philippines and Western Pacific. He was awarded the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.
Story City Herald Articles
April 8, 1943
January 13, 1944
April 6, 1944
April 20, 1944
May 4, 1944
July 6, 1944
July 27, 1944
September 7, 1944
September 28, 1944
October 19, 1944
September 6, 1945
April 4, 1946
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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Air Medal Award 
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Oak Leaf Cluster Award 
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Separation Qualification Record 
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Honorable Discharge Papers
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Lute's Photo Collection - Courtesy of Claudia Pauk
B-24 Crew. Lute is in the bottom row, far right.
Lute's crew in front of one of the 90th Bombardment Group's planes. They were nicknamed the "Jolly Rogers".
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Lute in his American Legion uniform.
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Photo courtesy of the Story City American Legion Post 59: Memorial Day 1997 Front L-R Miff Romsey, Homer Olson, Lute Matson, Jess Overland, Randy Olsen, Back Jim Thorson, Howard Johnson, Mark Slagle, Curt Owenson, Jim Skare
Funeral Program - Courtesy of the Story City American Legion Post 59
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