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Home
About
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
Gift Shop
Annual Fund
MUSEUMS OF STORY CITY
James E. Thorson
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
Draft registration card front.
Draft registration card back.
Iowa Bonus File Application
Page 1
Page 2
Photo courtesy of Story City American Legion.
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