World War II

Can we be civil?

The Ames Project altered the course of the WWII and world history.

Ninety-year-old identical twins Bonnie Smola and Donna Story spent their first 20 years together, and the next 20 years apart, before coming back together for the next half-century.

Eighty years wasn't too long a wait for a WWII veteran to don the ceremonial cap and gown.

Eighty years wasn't too long a wait for an Iowa native to don the ceremonial cap and gown.

On this episode of River to River we listen back to a couple of favorite book interviews from 2022.

Their destinies intertwined at the Battle of the Bulge. Relisten to a story of two men and the ethics of war.

John Hall is the author of the historical fiction novel Rare Encounter, which follows the lives of two army commanders in WWII — one of whom is the author's father — and culminates at the Battle of the Bulge.

Eighty years ago, a small dedicated group of Quakers opened a hostel to provide shelter and a pathway to a new life for refugees who fled Nazi violence…

River to River host Ben Kieffer speaks with Jerry Yocum, vice president of the Camp Algona POW Museum Committee