Editing Frederick Wilhelm Kaltenbach (section)

==Biography==
Frederick Kaltenbach was born in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubuque,_Iowa Dubuque], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa Iowa], and was raised in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo,_Iowa Waterloo], Iowa. His father was John Kaltenbach who had immigrated to the United States from Germany four years before and who was naturalized in 1896.

After graduating from East High School, Waterloo, Kaltenbach and his brother Gustav went on a cycling tour of Germany and were there when [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I World War I] broke out in August 1914. They were detained on suspicion of espionage until December 1914 when they were released. Despite this experience, Kaltenbach became an admirer of Germany and its people.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-GoebbelsIowan_1-0">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_W._Kaltenbach#cite_note-GoebbelsIowan-1 [1]]</sup>

On his return Kaltenbach enrolled in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinnell_College Grinnell College] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinnell,_Iowa Grinnell], Iowa, and studied there for three years. In June 1918, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_Artillery Coastal Artillery]. Kaltenbach was honorably discharged from the U. S. Army in April 1919.

He resumed his education at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_State_Teachers_College Iowa State Teachers College] earning a Bachelor's degree in 1920. Kaltenbach worked for the next seven years as an appraiser before becoming a teacher. His first teaching post was in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester,_Iowa Manchester, Iowa]. In 1931 he was offered a position at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubuque%27s_Senior_High_School Dubuque's Senior High School] teaching business law, economics, and debate. In the early 1930s he earned a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_Degree Master's Degree] in History from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Chicago University of Chicago].