Jack Streeter is a distinguished veteran of the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Infantry Regiment. During his service in World War II he earned a Silver Star with four oak leaf clusters, a Bronze Star with one oak leaf cluster, a Purple Heart with four oak leaf clusters, an Arrowhead Award for the assault landing on D-Day, a French and Belgium Croix de Guerres with palm, as well as the Combat Infantryman’s Badge.

Prior to fighting in World War II, Streeter served the ROTC program while in school at the University of Nevada.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant at
Fort Benning, GA in 1943.

During World War II, Lieutenant Streeter was first with the 81mm mortars in Company H, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry, then later he commanded Company E of the 2nd Battalion. He served until 1945. During those years he was part of the following engagements: D-Day at Omaha Beach, Normandy; St. Lo Breakthrough, France; Battle of Mortain, France; Battle of Mons, Belgium; Battle of Aachen, Germany; Huertgen Forest, Germany; Battle of the Bulge, Germany; and Remagen Bridgehead, Germany.

To earn his third Silver Star, he put himself in direct fire to distract three machine gun nests, killing three Germans, in order to allow his assault unit movement. Luckily, he was not hit, and because of his action, his unit escaped destruction the next day.

Streeter later earned the rank of Captain. After the war he became a District Attorney and became otherwise very active in civil service.

The collection is currently on loan to the Reno VA Hospital (pictured), although a few of the artifacts remain at The First Division Museum. The VA Hospital in Reno opened a new wing on October 30, 2000, naming it after Jack Streeter.