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Clabe Wilson, born January 7, 1888

December 24, 2021December 23, 2025joynealkidney

Bacon and Eggs for Christmas Dinner 1945

December 20, 2021December 19, 2024joynealkidney

The Old Thriftway Store at Perry, Iowa

December 7, 2021March 18, 2026joynealkidney

The Attack on Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

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Panther Corner

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Memorial Day in Our Cemeteries Around the World

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Leora Wilson, Poppy Lady

April 19, 2021April 18, 2021joynealkidney

F/O Claiborne Junior Wilson

April 12, 2021April 30, 2024joynealkidney

2nd Lt. Daniel S. Wilson

January 25, 2021October 30, 2024joynealkidney

January 1946

November 20, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: Request for Disposition of Remains, November 1947

November 18, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: October 1947 Pamphlets “Disposition of World War II Armed Forces Dead” and “American Cemeteries”

November 16, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: US Military Cemetery, St. Avold, France – March 1947

October 30, 2020December 24, 2023joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: His Last Autumn

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe Wilson: Mid 1946

October 9, 2020January 23, 2026joynealkidney

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 8, 2020November 3, 2021joynealkidney

Leora’s Letters: Audio Clip

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

May 18, 2020March 29, 2023joynealkidney

Violet Hill Cemetery, Perry, Iowa

May 15, 2020June 20, 2020joynealkidney

Clabe and Leora: Spring 1945

May 8, 2020June 20, 2020joynealkidney

On VE-Day, Two Sons Missing in Action

January 13, 2020November 22, 2025joynealkidney

Washington Township School

December 30, 2019January 3, 2025joynealkidney

Clabe and Leora Wilson: New Year 1945

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019joynealkidney

Clabe and Leora Wilson: Perry Acreage

October 25, 2019October 24, 2019joynealkidney

Donald Wilson: USS Hancock and the Battle of Leyte Gulf

October 18, 2019April 8, 2021joynealkidney

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