Iowa, USA, andra världskriget, ersättningsuppgifter, 1947-1954

Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files, 1947-1954

Källinformation

Ancestry.com. Iowa, USA, andra världskriget, ersättningsuppgifter, 1947-1954 [webbaserad databas]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Originaldata: WWII Bonus Case Files. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa.

 Iowa, USA, andra världskriget, ersättningsuppgifter, 1947-1954

I maj 1947 godkände den lagstiftande församlingen i Iowa extra utbetalningar på upp till $500 för de män och kvinnor som aktivt tjänstgjorde i de amerikanska väpnade styrkorna mellan den 16 september 1940 och 2 september 1945. För att vara berättigad att söka måste man vara skriven i Iowa minst sex månader innan tjänstgöringen påbörjades. Den här databasen innehåller ansökningshandlingar för dessa utbetalningar.

In May 1947, the Iowa Legislature approved bonus payments of up to $500 for men and women who served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces between 16 September 1940 and 2 September 1945. To qualify, applicants had to be legal residents of Iowa for at least the six months prior to their service. This database contains applications for those payments.

Along with name, birth date and place, place of residence for six months prior to enlistment or induction, and address where a check could be sent, forms may provide a wide variety of details related to the applicant’s service:

  • applicant’s service or serial number
  • name the applicant served under
  • date of entry into and separation from active service
  • credit for foreign service
  • school attendance during service
  • time lost to AWOL, desertion, confinement
  • branch of service
  • address at time registered for Selective Service
  • application made to any other state for compensation
  • units served in during WWII

The forms in this database were filled out by veterans. Beneficiaries could also apply for the payments, but did so using a separate form. Refer to Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, 1947-1959.