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

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

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

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Dallas County Freedom Rock Dedicated Two Years Ago

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The 50 State Freedom Rock Tour

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Military Service Members Related to Leora Wilson

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

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Hubert Caloud, Site Superintendent with the American Battle Monuments Commission

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021joynealkidney

The Neal Brothers During the Civil War

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

February 3, 2021February 3, 2022joynealkidney

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

January 11, 2021April 10, 2021joynealkidney

Honor Quilts for Veterans

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020joynealkidney

Thanksgiving Menus from the USS Yorktown (CV-5)

November 11, 2020May 23, 2022joynealkidney

My Larry Spencer POW Bracelet

November 11, 2020March 30, 2021joynealkidney

Iowa’s Freedom Rocks

November 9, 2020November 9, 2021joynealkidney

Veterans (poem)

September 25, 2020May 26, 2022joynealkidney

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

August 28, 2020June 28, 2021joynealkidney

Harry Wold, P-38 Pilot, Danny Wilson’s Best Friend

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

June 5, 2020March 21, 2022joynealkidney

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

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Uncle Bill’s WWII

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

October 23, 2019October 18, 2021joynealkidney

Dedication of the Dallas County Freedom Rock

October 14, 2019January 12, 2021joynealkidney

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, 2018April 2, 2022joynealkidney

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

November 2, 2017January 25, 2023joynealkidney

Merrill Goff Comes of Age

October 6, 2017January 10, 2023joynealkidney

Donald Wilson, Humble Hero

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