Myron "Mike" B. Anderson

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Postville Herald: Military funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Pfc. Myron B. Anderson at the Marion Lutheran Church with Rev. S. J. Strandjord conducting the rites. The military rites were conducted by the American Legion of Elgin. Burial was in Marion cemetery.

Pfc. Anderson, who lost his life in the service of his country in 1944, was originally buried at Lunebach, Germany. His remains were returned to this country at the request of his family for burial here.

Myron Bernell Anderson, son of Rosina Mork Anderson and the late Chris. J. Anderson, was born April 26, 1914, near Gunder. He was baptized and confirmed at the Marion Lutheran Church. He received his elementary education in the rural school near his home and also attended the Elgin high school, graduating in 1932.

He worked on his father's farm until he went into the trucking business in this vicinity.

On June 1, 1941 he was united in marriage to Aldora Loftsgard. To this union was born one child, L'Myra Ann.

He answered the call of his country and was inducted into the army at Camp Dodge on March 9, 1943. He received his military training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and Camp Atterbury, Indiana. During his military career he was a member of the Antitank Co., 424th Infantry, 106th Division. This division left for overseas in October 1944 and went to England for additional training, but were sent to the European theater of War in December. There during the Battle of the Bulge on the morning of December 16, 1944, Pfc. Myron Anderson is reported to have suffered a wound and also on this same day, is reported to have lost his life.

Pfc. Anderson was awarded the Driver's Badge, Good Conduct Medal and received the Purple Heart posthumously.

Myron was preceded in death by his father and two brothers, Ernest and Ruthford.

He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, one sister, Mrs. Bessie Thompson, five brothers, Arvid, Dale, Carlyle, Eiver and Kenneth. Also many other relatives and friends.

An official report of burial discloses that his remains were originally buried in the cemetery at Lunebach, Germany but were later disinterred by American Graves Registration Personnel and moved to the United States Military Cemetery, Neuville en Condroz, near Liege, Belgium.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. S. J. Strandjord at the Marion Lutheran Church with burial in the Marion Cemetery. Music was furnished by the Marion choir, Arthur Amundson accompanied by Gordon Mosby and Corrine Rypestal.

Myron C Anderson United States Census, 1920 Name: Myron C Anderson Event Type: Census Event Year: 1920 Event Place: Marion, Clayton, Iowa, United States Gender: Male Age: 5 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Birth Year (Estimated): 1915 Birthplace: Iowa Father's Birthplace: Iowa Mother's Birthplace: Iowa Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Christ J Anderson Head M 38 Iowa Rosina Anderson Wife F 29 Iowa Kenneth C Anderson Son M 7 Iowa Myron C Anderson Son M 5 Iowa Bessie Anderson Daughter F 4 Iowa Ruthford C Anderson Son M 0 Iowa Benjiman Rugland Hired man M 50 Iowa District: 75 , Sheet Number and Letter: 9B , Household ID: 172 , Line Number: 75 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T625 , GS Film number: 1820484 , Digital Folder Number: 004300686 , Image Number: 00362

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Miron Anderson United States Census, 1930 Name: Miron Anderson Event Type: Census Event Year: 1930 Event Place: Marion, Clayton, Iowa, United States Gender: Male Age: 15 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Birth Year (Estimated): 1915 Birthplace: Iowa Father's Birthplace: Iowa Mother's Birthplace: Iowa Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Christ Anderson Head M 48 Iowa Rosaria Anderson Wife F 39 Iowa Kenneth Anderson Son M 17 Iowa Miron Anderson Son M 15 Iowa Bessie Anderson Daughter F 13 Iowa Ruthford Anderson Son M 10 Iowa Elver Anderson Son M 8 Iowa Carlyle Anderson Son M 6 Iowa Dale Mark Anderson Son M 3 Iowa District: 0026 , Sheet Number and Letter: 3B , Household ID: 58 , Line Number: 88 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T626 , Affiliate Film Number: 649 , GS Film number: 2340384 , Digital Folder Number: 004584393 , Image Number: 00334

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Myron B Anderson United States Census, 1940 Name: Myron B Anderson Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Marion Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States Gender: Male Age: 26 Marital Status: Single Race (Original): White Race: White Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Relationship to Head of Household: Son Birthplace: Iowa Birth Year (Estimated): 1914 Last Place of Residence: Same House Household Role Gender Age Birthplace Chris J Anderson Head M 58 Iowa Rosena C Anderson Wife F 49 Iowa Kenneth J Anderson Son M 27 Iowa Myron B Anderson Son M 26 Iowa Bessie C Anderson Daughter F 24 Iowa Carlyle J Anderson Son M 17 Iowa Dale M Anderson Son M 13 Iowa J Arvid Anderson Son M 9 Iowa District: 22-26 , Family Number: 151 , Sheet Number and Letter: 9A , Line Number: 13 , Affiliate Publication Number: T627 , Affiliate Film Number: 1149 , Digital Folder Number: 005461446 , Image Number: 00475

1. ID: I29409
2. Name: Myron "Mike" B. Anderson
3. Surname: Anderson
4. Given Name: Myron "Mike" B.
5. Sex: M
6. Death: 16 Dec 1944 in Battle of the Bulge
7. _UID: F22775481A40984E988D8749044E369E3153
8. Change Date: 11 Dec 2005 at 00:59:01

Father: Chris Anderson

Mother: Rosina

Marriage 1 Aldora Beatrice Loftsgard b: 1 Oct 1917 in Gunder, Clayton, Iowa

   * Married: 1 Jun 1941

Children

  1. Has No Children Living Anderson

Battle of the Bulge

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Battle of the Bulge

Part of World War II

American soldiers of the 75th Division photographed in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge.

Date December 16, 1944 – January 25, 1945

Location The Ardennes, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany

Result Allied victory

Belligerents

Flag of the United States United States

United Kingdom

Canada Flag of Germany Germany
Commanders

Flag of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower

Flag of the United States Omar N. Bradley(12th U.S. Army Group)

Flag of the United States Courtney Hodges(1st U.S. Army)

Flag of the United States Anthony McAuliffe (101st Airborne)

Flag of the United States George S. Patton

Flag of the United Kingdom Bernard Montgomery Flag of Germany Walter Model

Flag of Germany Gerd von Rundstedt

Flag of Germany Hasso von Manteuffel

Flag of Germany Sepp Dietrich

Flag of Germany Erich Brandenberger

Flag of Germany Adolf Hitler

Strength

840,000+ men [1],

700 medium tanks and tank destroyers,

394 artillery guns 500,000 men,

500 medium tanks,

1,900 artillery guns and Nebelwerfers

Casualties and losses

Flag of the United States American:

89,500

(19,000 killed,

47,500 wounded,

23,000 captured or missing)[2]

Flag of the United Kingdom British:

1,408

(200 killed,

1,200 wounded or missing)[3][1]

91,132 killed, wounded, captured or missing[1]

approximately 3,000 civilians killed[4]

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West European Campaign

(1944-1945)

Overlord - Dragoon - Paris to the Rhine - Bulge - Nordwind - Blackcock - Colmar Pocket - Reichswald - Invasion of Germany - German capitulation

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Western Front

Phoney War - The Netherlands - Battle for The Hague - Rotterdam - Zeeland - Rotterdam Blitz -Belgium - Fort Eben-Emael - Battle of Hannut - France - Battle of Arras - Operation Paula - Dunkirk - Italian Invasion of France - Britain - Dieppe Raid - Overlord - Dragoon - Siegfried Line - Market Garden - Aintree - Scheldt - Hürtgen Forest - Aachen - Bulge - Colmar Pocket - Nordwind - Invasion of Germany

Official U.S. Army illustration: The "Front lines" (Phase lines) map (observe the Dark blue lines, including dashed lines) showing the swelling of the Bulge as the German offensive progressed East to West creating the nose-like bulge shape (salient) between the 16th and 26th of December, 1944.

The Ardennes Offensive (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945) was a major German offensive launched towards the end of World War II through the forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium (and more specifically of Wallonia: hence its French name, Bataille des Ardennes), France and Luxembourg on the Western Front. The offensive was called Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (translated as Operation The Guard on the Rhine or Operation "Watch on the Rhine") by the German armed forces (Wehrmacht). This German offensive was officially named the Ardennes-Alsace campaign[5] by the U.S. Army,[6] but it is known to the general public simply as the Battle of the Bulge. The “bulge” was the initial incursion the Germans put into the Allies’ line of advance, as seen in maps presented in contemporary newspapers.

The German offensive was supported by subordinate operations known as Unternehmen Bodenplatte, Unternehmen Greif, and Unternehmen Währung. Germany’s planned goal for these operations was to split the British and American Allied line in half, capturing Antwerp, Belgium, and then proceeding to encircle and destroy four Allied armies, forcing the Western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis Powers’ favor.[7]

The offensive was planned with the utmost secrecy, minimizing radio traffic and conducting the movement of troops and equipment under cover of darkness. Although ULTRA suggested a possible attack and the Third U.S. Army's intelligence staff predicted a major German offensive, the offensive still caught the Allies by surprise. This was achieved by a combination of Allied overconfidence, preoccupation with their own offensive plans, poor aerial reconnaissance, and the relative lack of combat contact by the First U.S. Army in an area considered a "quiet sector". Almost complete surprise against a weak section of the Allies’ line was achieved during heavy overcast weather, when the Allies’ strong air forces would be grounded.

The objectives for the offensive were not realized. In the wake of the defeat, many experienced German units were left severely depleted of men and equipment, as survivors retreated to the defences of the Siegfried Line. With over 800,000 men committed and over 19,000 killed, the Battle of the Bulge became the single biggest and bloodiest battle that American forces experienced in World War II.[8][9]

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Postville Herald: Military funeral services were held Sunday afternoon for Pfc. Myron B. Anderson at the Marion Lutheran Church with Rev. S. J. Strandjord conducting the rites. The military rites were conducted by the American Legion of Elgin. Burial was in Marion cemetery.

Pfc. Anderson, who lost his life in the service of his country in 1944, was originally buried at Lunebach, Germany. His remains were returned to this country at the request of his family for burial here.

Myron Bernell Anderson, son of Rosina Mork Anderson and the late Chris. J. Anderson, was born April 26, 1914, near Gunder. He was baptized and confirmed at the Marion Lutheran Church. He received his elementary education in the rural school near his home and also attended the Elgin high school, graduating in 1932.

He worked on his father's farm until he went into the trucking business in this vicinity.

On June 1, 1941 he was united in marriage to Aldora Loftsgard. To this union was born one child, L'Myra Ann.

He answered the call of his country and was inducted into the army at Camp Dodge on March 9, 1943. He received his military training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina and Camp Atterbury, Indiana. During his military career he was a member of the Antitank Co., 424th Infantry, 106th Division. This division left for overseas in October 1944 and went to England for additional training, but were sent to the European theater of War in December. There during the Battle of the Bulge on the morning of December 16, 1944, Pfc. Myron Anderson is reported to have suffered a wound and also on this same day, is reported to have lost his life.

Pfc. Anderson was awarded the Driver's Badge, Good Conduct Medal and received the Purple Heart posthumously.

Myron was preceded in death by his father and two brothers, Ernest and Ruthford.

He is survived by his wife, daughter, mother, one sister, Mrs. Bessie Thompson, five brothers, Arvid, Dale, Carlyle, Eiver and Kenneth. Also many other relatives and friends.

An official report of burial discloses that his remains were originally buried in the cemetery at Lunebach, Germany but were later disinterred by American Graves Registration Personnel and moved to the United States Military Cemetery, Neuville en Condroz, near Liege, Belgium.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev. S. J. Strandjord at the Marion Lutheran Church with burial in the Marion Cemetery. Music was furnished by the Marion choir, Arthur Amundson accompanied by Gordon Mosby and Corrine Rypestal.

Family links:

Parents:

 Chris J Anderson (1881 - 1944)

 Rosina Selina Mork Anderson (1890 - 1963)

Spouse:

 Aldora Beatrice Loftsgard Anderson (1917 - 2005)*

Siblings:

 Kenneth Anderson (1912 - 1967)*

 Myron Bernell Anderson (1914 - 1944)

 Bessie Anderson Thompson (1915 - 2003)*

 Ruthferd C Anderson (1919 - 1938)*

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: PFC, 424 INF, 106 INF DIV WORLD WAR II

Burial: Marion Lutheran Cemetery Gunder Clayton County Iowa, USA