100-year-old veteran recalls battles of World War II

By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today
May 23, 2026
5 hrs ago

Irvin Perdue veteran — Irvin Perdue, left, looks at a photo taken of his Army company shortly before they were discharged a few months after the end of World War II. With him are three more generations of the Perdue family who have farmed in Pottawattamie County, Iowa — Chris, Zane and Don.
IFT photo by Jeff DeYoung

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By Jeff DeYoung, Iowa Farmer Today

CARSON, Iowa — Eighty years ago, Irvin Perdue left behind the battlefields of Europe for the rolling fields of southwest Iowa.

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