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April 27, 2020May 6, 2025joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: His Last Furlough Home and a Meadowlark

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Breakfast with Wilson Brothers at Washington Township School

January 13, 2020November 22, 2025joynealkidney

Washington Township School

January 10, 2020February 13, 2023joynealkidney

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

November 29, 2019November 23, 2024joynealkidney

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, 2019October 18, 2021joynealkidney

Dedication of the Dallas County Freedom Rock

October 18, 2019April 8, 2021joynealkidney

Prayers for Leora’s Letters

October 14, 2019September 9, 2023joynealkidney

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 15, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock® Dedication

August 23, 2019August 18, 2024joynealkidney

The Dallas County Freedom Rock®

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: A Cadet at Last

July 1, 2019June 29, 2022joynealkidney

The Glorious Fourth–1897

June 14, 2019February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Happy 75th Birthday to Us Cousins!

June 10, 2019December 5, 2022joynealkidney

Naval Citation and Commendation Medal

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019joynealkidney

Church Bells Heralded My Birth

March 22, 2019January 19, 2024joynealkidney

Radio Tokyo Named Dale Wilson a POW

March 1, 2019June 4, 2022joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: Cadet Training

February 25, 2019March 3, 2019joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: Cadet Training

December 24, 2018November 11, 2024joynealkidney

Christmas 1943

December 22, 2018December 21, 2023joynealkidney

Christmas 1942

November 9, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Wilson Family Lost 3 Sons During WWII

September 5, 2018February 11, 2019joynealkidney

My Dallas County (Iowa) Towns

April 30, 2018December 19, 2021joynealkidney

Spats, the Wilson Family Pup

February 2, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Five Wilson Brothers Join the Military

November 18, 2017December 16, 2023joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: V-Mail

June 5, 2017November 12, 2021joynealkidney

Donald Wilson: Citation from The Commander in Chief

March 15, 2017July 10, 2018joynealkidney

Dan Wilson: I Give Everything. . . .

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