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Tag: Junior Wilson

July 3, 2025July 5, 2025joynealkidney

Claiborne Junior Wilson born 100 Years Ago, Dallas County, Iowa

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023joynealkidney

The Leora Stories at the Perry Public Library on November 11

December 23, 2022December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Christmas 1946: War’s Aftermath

June 14, 2021June 27, 2022joynealkidney

Flag Day

May 31, 2021January 29, 2025joynealkidney

Memorial Day in Our Cemeteries Around the World

January 8, 2021January 20, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe’s Model T Truck Becomes a Model T Roadster

December 28, 2020December 28, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe and Leora Wilson, the end of 1945

November 4, 2020November 6, 2020joynealkidney

Tribute to Those Who Served to Defend our Freedoms: Latham Hi-Tech Seeds Blog

August 24, 2020August 11, 2023joynealkidney

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

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020joynealkidney

Aloe Field, Victoria, Texas–August 1945

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: Tick City, Texas

August 14, 2020August 13, 2022joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: Funeral

August 10, 2020August 9, 2022joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: Yet Another Telegram

August 7, 2020August 9, 2025joynealkidney

Junior Wilson’s P-40 Warhawk Explodes

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: Transition Training

June 14, 2020June 14, 2024joynealkidney

Flag Day

March 16, 2020June 14, 2020joynealkidney

Wilson Brothers Items donated to the museum at Washington Township School, Dallas County, Iowa

January 13, 2020November 22, 2025joynealkidney

Washington Township School

September 6, 2019March 11, 2026joynealkidney

A Ride in a Biplane Before School

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: A Cadet at Last

June 12, 2019March 30, 2024joynealkidney

Flag Day

May 27, 2019April 26, 2021joynealkidney

One Day a Year Set Aside for Those Who Paid With Their Very Lives

December 14, 2018February 7, 2024joynealkidney

‘Possum for Supper

November 2, 2018November 30, 2018joynealkidney

The Legacy of Edmondson’s Photography

May 25, 2018May 23, 2024joynealkidney

Those Crepe Paper Poppies

April 30, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Spats, the Wilson Family Pup

February 22, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Furloughs–Wilson Brothers

February 2, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Five Wilson Brothers Join the Military

May 28, 2017April 26, 2021joynealkidney

Decoration Day

March 14, 2017January 22, 2024joynealkidney

August 1945–Junior Wilson

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