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  • About
    • Story City Historical Society
    • Staff
  • Museums
    • Bartlett House Museum
    • Carriage House Museum
    • Story City Museum
    • Sheldall Schoolhouse
  • 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
    • Medical History
  • Virtual Exhibits
  • Membership
  • Contact Us & Hours
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MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY

James E. Thorson

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Image from 1941 Randall High School Class photo.
James Eugene ‘Jim’ Thorson was born Dec. 20, 1923 to Ira and Gertrude Matilda Teig Thorson. He died July 15, 2013 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Story City, IA.

Jim served in World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps
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Story City Herald Articles
July 20, 1944
November 16, 1944
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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Photo courtesy of Story City American Legion.
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Photo courtesy of Story City American Legion. Veteran's Day 2001 L-R Arnie Sorenson, Bert Amlund, Dale Fett, Jim Dale, Jim Thorson, Homer Olson
Funeral Program - Courtesy of Richard Munsen's Collection
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