Jackson County IA Archives Military Records.....Johnson, Margaret July 20, 1954
WWII U.S. Coast Guard
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First Woman American Legion Commander In Iowa
Maquoketa Community Press, July 20, 1954

First Woman American Legion Commander In Iowa

Margaret Johnson of Sabula was elected Commander of the Sabula American Legion 
Post 74. Mrs. Johnson may have the distinction of being the first woman in 
Iowa to be elected a Legion Post Commander. 

Mrs. Johnson, wife of Julius Johnson, served in SPARS, women’s branch of the 
United States Coast Guard, for six months in 1943. Her husband, also a 
serviceman and a veteran, served in the United States Army in Panama for three 
years.

Craig E. Shouse was named Vice-Commander and Marvin Paddock Second Vice-
Commander. Others chosen include Bruce E. Hale, Adjutant and Service Officer; 
Vic Robinson, Finance Officer; F. J. Mohr, Historian; Ross McElroy, Sergeant-
At-Arms; and A. P. Bertsch, Chaplain.


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