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Finding Military Service Records

By Christal Speer with additional information from Susan Huff and Rus Magnusson Each day, many Icelandic Roots volunteers are busy...

Honoring Those Who Served

By Kathy Thorlakson On June 12, 2022, a dedication service was held at the Vidalin Lutheran Church in Hensel, North Dakota, for several...

The Bachelor Invasion

By W.D. Valgardson The Royal Navy and Royal Marines, who occupied Iceland on May 10, 1940, weren’t invited. They just appeared like...

Air Force Girls In Rescue Teams

Icelandic Roots Genealogist Doreen "Kristy" Kristjanson shared the following story from the Icelandic Roots database: Anna Louise Peden...

Three Brothers Who Served

The book “Veterans of Icelandic Descent World War II” published by the Jon Sigurdsson Chapter IODE (1990) includes a lengthy chapter that...

Local Veterans Lie in Foreign Cemeteries

By Kathy Thorlakson Each Memorial Day and Veterans Day, thoughts of how we honor our war heroes come to mind. Several years ago, the...