Allamakee County Veterans Museum to feature pair of special exhibits, host tours Friday and Monday during Memorial Day Weekend
A special exhibit on the War in the Pacific during World War II will open Memorial Day weekend at the Allamakee County Veterans Museum. Included in the special exhibit will be the major battles from Pearl Harbor in 1941 through the Japanese surrender in 1945. The exhibit includes uniforms, weapons and equipment used by both American and Japanese forces, as pictured above.
The museum will be open for tours Friday, May 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Monday May 26 from noon to 4:00 p.m. Videos including combat footage from battles will also be shown continuously during each of those open tour days.
An additional exhibit will honor those Allamakee County soldiers, sailors, marines, and air crews who were killed in action (KIA) or were prisoners of War (POW) in the Pacific during the war. One of those was on the Bataan Death March and another was on the USS Juneau with the five Sullivan brothers. Those to be honored include:
• Lawrence Anderson, USN
• Russell Johnson, USMC
• Charles Bloxham, USA
• Gustave Kerndt, USN
• Robert Carpenter, USAAF
• Clement Keenan, USA
• Kenneth Casey, USN
• Robert Kneeland, USAAF
• Robert Christ, USN
• Dale Laughlin, USAAF
• Victor Damon, USMC
• Donald Lawson, USA
• Roland Erickson, USN
• John McCurdy, USN
• LaVerne Fink, USAAF
• Francis McDougal, USN
• James Hagen, USAAF
• Donald Ollof, USA
• Arthur Hanson, USN
• Harry Pierce, USN
• Earl Hermanson, USAAF
• James Rikos, USN.
There is no admission charge. The museum is handicapped accessible. The exhibit will remain available for viewing the rest of the summer.
