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November 16, 2022November 17, 2022joynealkidney

The Wilson’s 1942 Plymouth, One of the Last New Cars until after WWII

August 29, 2022September 26, 2022joynealkidney

Food Shortages During World War I

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022joynealkidney

Battle of Midway: Memories of Donald Wilson

December 7, 2021April 1, 2023joynealkidney

The Attack on Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii

May 24, 2021May 23, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: How Can You be Sure He’s Really Buried There?

May 7, 2021April 23, 2023joynealkidney

Clabe Drives to Omaha, Mother’s Day 1946

March 8, 2021May 29, 2023joynealkidney

The Gallup Family of Nora Springs Also Lost Three Sons During World War II

February 3, 2021February 2, 2023joynealkidney

A Survivor’s Story of Four Chaplains Day–the Torpedo Attack on the Troop Ship Dorchester

December 7, 2020December 7, 2022joynealkidney

December 7, 1941

September 10, 2020January 21, 2022joynealkidney

Clell F. Hoy, a Dexterite Making History and Preserving It

August 24, 2020August 7, 2022joynealkidney

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

August 14, 2020August 13, 2022joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: Funeral

August 10, 2020August 9, 2022joynealkidney

Junior Wilson: Yet Another Telegram

August 7, 2020August 5, 2022joynealkidney

Junior Wilson’s P-40 Warhawk Explodes

April 27, 2020May 13, 2023joynealkidney

Danny Wilson: His Last Furlough Home and a Meadowlark

December 27, 2019September 7, 2022joynealkidney

Dale Wilson’s Diary: Removed Forever (poem)

November 15, 2019August 1, 2022joynealkidney

Bull Durham

October 18, 2019April 8, 2021joynealkidney

Prayers for Leora’s Letters

September 30, 2019March 13, 2023joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: Was He a POW of the Japanese?

June 14, 2019February 11, 2021joynealkidney

Happy 75th Birthday to Us Cousins!

June 10, 2019December 5, 2022joynealkidney

Naval Citation and Commendation Medal

June 3, 2019June 4, 2023joynealkidney

Nazi Submarine U-505, Captured the Day I was Born

December 24, 2018November 16, 2022joynealkidney

Christmas 1943

November 9, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Wilson Family Lost 3 Sons During WWII

June 15, 2018June 5, 2023joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: B-25 Mitchell

May 25, 2018May 17, 2023joynealkidney

Those Crepe Paper Poppies

May 10, 2018March 16, 2023joynealkidney

The Year of the Weddings

February 22, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Furloughs–Wilson Brothers

February 9, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Delbert Wilson in the Atlantic–Aruba

February 2, 2018February 3, 2023joynealkidney

Five Wilson Brothers Join the Military

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