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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
  • Exhibits
    • 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

Alvan S. Ose 

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Photo of Alvan courtesy of Kathy Ose.
Alvan Stanley Ose was born Dec. 2, 1918, to John and Agnes Ose. He died Dec. 15, 1944, and is memorialized in the Manila American Cemetery in Taguig City, Philippines, as well as the Story City Cemetery. 
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1st Lt. Ose served in World War II with the 16th Bomb Squadron, 27th Bomber Group, Light and was KIA and awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star. It is believed due to Japanese manifest records, the timeline and his location in the Philippines when the Japanese invaded, that he most likely was a participant in the Bataan Death March. On December 15, 1944, Alvan was on board a Japanese "hell ship," the Oryoku Maru, an unmarked prisoner transport ship, being moved from Manila when it was bombed and sunk in Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands. ​
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Story City Herald Articles
September 19, 1940
February 20, 1941
April 24, 1941
July 17, 1941
December 18, 1941
April 23, 1942
July 23, 1942
December 31, 1942
September 23, 1943
March 30, 1944
September 14, 1944
August 30, 1945
September 6, 1945
September 13, 1945
January 24, 1946
June 20, 1946
February 26, 1986
Des Moines Register, November 12, 2018
Draft Registration Card 
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Draft registration card front.
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Draft registration card back.
Iowa Bonus File Application for Beneficiaries
Letters Alvan sent to His Parents - John & Agnes Ose
March 10, 1941
March 17, 1941
March 24, 1941
April 22, 1941
May 12, 1941
May 20, 1941
Undated Letter
June 17, 1941
June 20, 1941
June 23, 1941
July 6, 1941
July 10, 1941
July 17, 1941
July 25, 1941
Gallery
American Battle Monuments Commission War Dead Certificate
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