Historical Markers in
O'Brien County, Iowa

Hartley Iowa Veterans' Memorial Historical Record Sanborn Freedom Rock Veterans Memorial Sanborn Veterans Memorial Sanborn, Iowa Civil War Memorial
In 1917, a German submarine sank the SS Housatonic, a U.S. freighter carrying food and supplies to Europe during World War I, off the coast of South Carolina. Among the crew members who went down with the ship was an Iowa native named Herbert C. Jones, who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during the sinking.
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