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32 records found for “Jim Sherman” |
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The Rock County, Minnesota honor roll, a monument to the youth who served in the armed forces.
Source: Quentin and Jackie Aanenson
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Al McIntosh was born in 1905 in Park River, North Dakota. His father was a Presbyterian minister and the family moved around a great deal during his childhood. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1928 and went to work for the Lincoln (Nebraska) Journal, taking photographs as well . . .
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Selections from "Selected Chaff: The wartime columns of Al McIntosh."
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Charles Mann was born on his family's 400 acre farm, 4 miles northwest of Luverne, on April 26, 1920. He was delivered by Jim Sherman's grandfather, "Doc" Sherman. He left school after 8th grade to work on the family farm. He was among the first group of inductees to leave . . .
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The news of D-Day reaches across America
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A woman listens to the radio in her boardinghouse room. January 1943. For those back home, the radio proved the best source for news on the war.
Source: Library of Congress (LC-USW3- 038331-E)
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Jim Sherman was born on August 20, 1935 in Luverne. and grew up at 503 North Estey Street. His grandfather, “Doc” Sherman, was a beloved doctor in town, and his father worked in the local bank. As a member of the “home guard,” his father also patrolled the neighborhood at . . .
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Jim Sherman, left, and friends pause from their war games to salute for the camera. July 1942.
Source: Jim Sherman
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Jim Sherman and three others pause from their font yard war games. Sherman mans the machine gun. July 1942.
Source: Jim Sherman
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Jim Sherman's mother reads the paper to Roger, Charles and Jim. She did this every night so they would know the world news. They saved the headlines in a scrapbook from 1939 to 1945.
Source: Jim Sherman
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Film clip taken during Jim Sherman's childhood. Footage is from a famiy home movie. (No sound)
Source: Jim Sherman
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The Sherman family always invited soldiers to dinner over the holidays.
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Kids could make "big money" renting their bikes to servicemen on leave.
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War movies gave the impression that all Japanese looked the same, and they were really bad people.
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A Civil War monument in front of the Luverne Courthouse, 1941. The cannon and cannon balls would later be donated as scrap.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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A soldier joins farmers harvesting crops in Luverne, 1942.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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In Luverne, an audience of male farmers examine corralled pigs. 1941.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Boys gather to fish at a pond near Luverne, Minnesota. 1941
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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A crowd of revelers, some in uniform, at a military ball in Luverne, Minnesota. 1941.
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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Giant haystacks in Luverne. 1941
Source: Rock County Star Herald, Luverne, Minnesota
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