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    • Story City Historical Society
    • Staff
  • 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
  • Membership
  • Contact Us & Hours
  • News & Updates
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

Abel J. tesdall 

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Photo of Abel courtesy of Marian Olive.
Abel John ‘Abe' Tesdall was born Sept. 1917 to Lars and Anna Hauge Tesdall. He died Apr. 27, 2013 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Jewell, IA.

Abel served in the U.S. Army in World War II. In 1943 he went to Casablanca, Africa attached to the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Co. A. He was shipped to Italy after the Germans were defeated in Africa. On “D” Day, June 6th, 1944 he landed with the 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the 17th wave on Utah Beach as a Tank Commander. He was awarded five Bronze Stars and also received the Normandy invasion citation from the French government.
Story City Herald Articles
April 23, 1942
July 2, 1942
July 16, 1942
August 13, 1942
October 1, 1942
February 4, 1943
February 25, 1943
September 2, 1943
September 9, 1943
February 17, 1944
September 28, 1944
December 7, 1944
June 21, 1945
September 6, 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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Abel's WWII Photo Collection - Courtesy of Marian Olive
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