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January 3, 2021February 11, 2021joynealkidney

The Minburn Farm in Winter

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020joynealkidney

Doris and Darlene Visit France and Belgium and England

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020joynealkidney

December 7, 1941

October 30, 2020November 16, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: His Last Autumn

October 9, 2020October 8, 2020joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: January 1946

October 5, 2020October 4, 2020joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: Official Declaration of Death

October 2, 2020October 2, 2020joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: November 1945 Document

September 28, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson’s Vehicles

September 8, 2020February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Leora’s Letters: Audio Clip

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020joynealkidney

The Snyder-Wilson Connection: WWII and Today

June 5, 2020June 20, 2020joynealkidney

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

May 25, 2020September 29, 2020joynealkidney

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

May 8, 2020June 20, 2020joynealkidney

On VE-Day, Two Sons Missing in Action

April 27, 2020December 24, 2020joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: His Last Furlough Home and a Meadowlark

March 6, 2020March 5, 2020joynealkidney

Breakfast with Wilson Brothers at Washington Township School

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020joynealkidney

Washington Township School

January 10, 2020February 1, 2021joynealkidney

How a Meadowlark Poem ended up Introducing “Leora’s Letters”

November 29, 2019July 17, 2020joynealkidney

Leora’s Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War II

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019joynealkidney

Clabe and Leora Wilson: Perry Acreage

October 23, 2019May 3, 2020joynealkidney

Dedication of the Dallas County Freedom Rock

October 18, 2019October 25, 2019joynealkidney

Prayers for Leora’s Letters

October 14, 2019January 12, 2021joynealkidney

Dallas County Heroes Listed on the Freedom Rock Storyboard

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019joynealkidney

The Wilson Brothers on the Dallas County Freedom Rock

October 1, 2019October 1, 2019joynealkidney

October Newsletter

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Dedication

August 23, 2019October 15, 2019joynealkidney

The Dallas County Freedom Rock

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: A Cadet at Last

July 1, 2019February 1, 2021joynealkidney

The Glorious Fourth–1897

June 14, 2019February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Happy 75th Birthday to Us Cousins!

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019joynealkidney

Church Bells Heralded My Birth

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