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Tag: What Leora Never Knew

December 27, 2025December 26, 2025joynealkidney

Christmas in Rome, 1944–Lt. Dan Wilson

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What I learned is fascinating and heartening

November 14, 2025November 14, 2025joynealkidney

A poignant last book talk

November 4, 2025November 4, 2025joynealkidney

A welcome new review of What Leora Never Knew

October 14, 2025October 14, 2025joynealkidney

Dan Wilson’s Capri Bell from WWII

September 27, 2025September 27, 2025joynealkidney

A Good Book for Gold Star Mother’s Day

August 14, 2025August 14, 2025joynealkidney

Iowa Professor Dan Davis serves as Scientific Recovery Expert for the Defense POW-MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA)

March 18, 2025March 17, 2025joynealkidney

Audiobook! What Leora Never Knew

November 25, 2024November 25, 2024joynealkidney

Review of What Leora Never Knew by “MacTrish” in the United Kingdom

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024joynealkidney

Questions to Ponder: What Leora Never Knew

September 29, 2024September 29, 2024joynealkidney

September, a bittersweet month

September 21, 2024September 21, 2024joynealkidney

Our American Stories, a new one six years after the first one

May 28, 2024May 28, 2024joynealkidney

The “Leora books”–world and national events reach into the American Heartland

May 16, 2024May 16, 2024joynealkidney

Heartbreaking true story of young WWll pilots and the courage of their family through it all

April 27, 2024April 28, 2024joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock® “Selfies” II

March 12, 2024March 12, 2024joynealkidney

Review of “What Leora Never Knew” in “Lightning Strikes!” publication of the P-38 National Association

March 9, 2024March 21, 2024joynealkidney

What’s on the Cover of What Leora Never Knew?

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024joynealkidney

An Important & Necessary Read! by Elizabeth Gauffreau

February 27, 2024March 15, 2025joynealkidney

What Do You Think about Virtual Voice?

February 22, 2024February 22, 2024joynealkidney

What if Dan Wilson’s P-38 had Crashed Nearer Vienna?

February 17, 2024February 16, 2024joynealkidney

The Crash of Lt. Dan Wilson’s P-38 is part of the History of Schwanberg, Austria

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024joynealkidney

True American Heroes

January 19, 2024January 20, 2024joynealkidney

Poignant. Soulful. Inspiring. Somber. Brilliant.

January 12, 2024January 12, 2024joynealkidney

Where would the Japanese have gotten the information?

January 2, 2024January 2, 2024joynealkidney

One of the Top Ten Books by Iowa Authors of 2023

December 12, 2023December 12, 2023joynealkidney

Review of “What Leora Never Knew” by GP Cox on his Pacific Paratrooper Website

December 11, 2023December 11, 2023joynealkidney

The Best Books on Researching World War II Casualties

December 2, 2023January 5, 2024joynealkidney

How Some Readers Learn About Leora’s Courageous Life

November 18, 2023November 15, 2023joynealkidney

Lt. Daniel S. Wilson’s Three Burials

November 4, 2023November 4, 2023joynealkidney

The Leora Stories at the Perry Public Library on November 11

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