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MEET IOWA’S MILITARY HEROES
3 MEN WHO DID THEIR STATE PROUD
If you asked any Iowan walking down the street who our state’s most famous military hero is, odds are they’d say Nile Kinnick Jr. without a second thought. That’s probably because if there’s one thing our state is proud of besides our veterans, it’s our University of Iowa Hawkeyes. Kinnick was both. Football is a big deal here in the Hawkeye State, and Kinnick was one of the best college players we ever had. On the field, he was known as “The Cornbelt Comet.” In 1939, he won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Iowa player ever to do so after leading his team to a 6-1-1 record. He also won the Big Ten MVP award, the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, and the Maxwell Award. Then, he enlisted in the Air Force and went off to fight in World War II. In June of 1943, the fighter plane he was piloting crash-landed in the Caribbean Sea and he died in the collision. Of course, Kinnick is far from the only Iowan who has laid down his life for our flag. The Des Moines Register claims Merle Hay is the state’s best- known war hero. Hay has a monument, a road, and a shopping mall named in his honor because he was one of the first three U.S. soldiers killed in World War I, and perhaps the very first. On Nov. 3, 1917, a group of 500 German soldiers caught Hay and his buddies by surprise in the trenches, ending their lives. According to the Register, “Hay had been a mischievous lad who liked to be out with his horse and buggy. He enjoyed smoking a pipe, roller-skating, and attending movies. He loved his mother’s sweet rolls.” Another Iowan who made history in the military was Grenville Dodge , a brigadier general wounded during the Civil War. PBS calls Dodge “a mover and shaker.” Before joining the military, he worked as a railroad builder, militia organizer, and banker, and after surviving the war, he became a U.S. congressman. He’s perhaps most famous for his bravery in the 1862 Battle of Pea Ridge. While fighting for the Union, three horses were shot out from under him and cannon fire crippled a fourth. Dodge himself came through the fighting riddled with grapeshot along with dislocated fingers and broken ribs. His survival earned him a well-deserved promotion and a lasting place in history.
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