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Category: Veterans

April 7, 2025April 7, 2025joynealkidney

Dad flew the B-17 “Hell’s Angels” in Training

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Our Veterans: Gratefulness for Their Service

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Our Veterans

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Purple Heart Day

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Honor and Respect LLC: a Passion to Serve the People who have Served all of Us

November 11, 2021December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Veteran has been to all 99 of Iowa’s Freedom Rocks

November 10, 2021November 10, 2021joynealkidney

Stars of Blue and Gold: Veterans Day Guest Blog by Anne Clare

October 18, 2021September 15, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock® Dedicated Two Years Ago

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021joynealkidney

The 50 State Freedom Rock Tour

August 16, 2021August 16, 2021joynealkidney

Military Service Members Related to Leora Wilson

July 19, 2021November 8, 2021joynealkidney

“Soldiers’ Stories” Volume 2–guest post by Pacific Paratrooper, G. P. Cox

May 25, 2021January 7, 2023joynealkidney

Hubert Caloud, Site Superintendent with the American Battle Monuments Commission

March 12, 2021September 28, 2025joynealkidney

The Neal Brothers During the Civil War

February 22, 2021May 8, 2021joynealkidney

Iowa Native Hubert Caloud, Superintendent of the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France

February 3, 2021February 2, 2023joynealkidney

A Survivor’s Story of Four Chaplains Day–the Torpedo Attack on the Troop Ship Dorchester

January 11, 2021June 19, 2023joynealkidney

Honor Quilts for Veterans

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020joynealkidney

Thanksgiving Menus from the USS Yorktown (CV-5)

November 11, 2020February 12, 2023joynealkidney

My Larry Spencer POW Bracelet

November 11, 2020October 3, 2025joynealkidney

Iowa’s Freedom Rocks®

November 9, 2020November 9, 2021joynealkidney

Veterans (poem)

September 25, 2020May 24, 2023joynealkidney

Redfield’s Company “H” 39th Iowa Infantry: Civil War

August 28, 2020November 7, 2025joynealkidney

Harry Wold, P-38 Pilot, Danny Wilson’s Best Friend (37th FS, 14th FG, 15th AF)

August 24, 2020August 11, 2023joynealkidney

Ralph Woods, P-40 Pilot, Accompanied His Friend’s Casket Home

June 5, 2020June 6, 2024joynealkidney

Donald Wilson, USS Yorktown Survivor–Saw the Torpedo Spread Coming

June 1, 2020December 2, 2020joynealkidney

Uncle Bill’s WWII

May 25, 2020April 13, 2024joynealkidney

Artist Ray Sorensen’s Freedom Rocks®: Iowa Memorial Day Treasures

October 23, 2019October 18, 2021joynealkidney

Dedication of the Dallas County Freedom Rock

October 14, 2019September 9, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Heroes Listed on the Freedom Rock® Storyboard

August 21, 2018February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Civil War Service of Sons and Grandsons of Miles Marshall

August 3, 2018November 8, 2025joynealkidney

Liza Jane Train–Part 3: Stuart’s Engineer, Murray Johnston

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