Mr. Iver J. Anderson, father of Minnesota Navy League member David E. Anderson, celebrated his 98th birthday September 9, 2020. Mr. Anderson is a WWII Coast Guard Veteran and a Korean War Navy Veteran.
A Drive by birthday celebration was held September 12, 2020, in his honor, at Newton Manor a Presbyterian Homes facility in Bloomington, Minnesota. Members of the Minnesota Navy League, the United States Submarine Veterans Incorporated, Minnesota Submarine League, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, former crew of the USS Sproston (DDE 577), United States Coast Guard Reserve, Bloomington Police and Woodbury American Legion Post 501 participated in the parade.
Iver is a WWII, United States Coast Guard veteran and served as a Courier to the Commandant of the Coast Guard in Washington D.C. and in the Coast Guard horse patrol in South Carolina during World War II. After his discharge from the Coast Guard, he married a Navy yeoman, the love of his life, who he fondly says was really the Captain of the family. Mr. Anderson was recalled during the Korean War by the Navy where he served as a Sonarman 2nd Class and was stationed aboard the USS Sproston (DDE 577) and was on the bridge during Operation Greenhouse, which tested atmospheric conditions of A and H bomb tests on Eniwetok Island.
Mr. Anderson was touched by the loving gesture of all who attended this birthday celebration and was thankful for his years of military service and the great care he receives at Newton Manor a Presbyterian Homes facility.
