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Tag: WWII

June 15, 2018May 3, 2020joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: B-25 Mitchell

May 25, 2018July 17, 2020joynealkidney

Those Crepe Paper Poppies

May 17, 2018December 15, 2018joynealkidney

Mother’s Day 1946

May 10, 2018August 19, 2019joynealkidney

The Year of the Weddings

April 30, 2018June 6, 2019joynealkidney

Spats, the Wilson Family Pup

April 16, 2018November 29, 2018joynealkidney

Delbert Wilson: Submarine Attack Teacher

March 4, 2018November 30, 2018joynealkidney

Delbert Wilson in the Atlantic–USS Achelous

February 22, 2018December 15, 2018joynealkidney

Furloughs–Wilson Brothers

February 16, 2018November 29, 2018joynealkidney

Dale Wilson Earns His Wings

February 9, 2018December 15, 2018joynealkidney

Delbert Wilson in the Atlantic–Aruba

February 2, 2018February 5, 2019joynealkidney

Five Wilson Brothers Join the Military

January 7, 2018October 10, 2019joynealkidney

Delbert Wilson in the Atlantic–Hurricane and Muffler Fire

November 18, 2017December 15, 2018joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: V-Mail

November 2, 2017November 12, 2020joynealkidney

Merrill Goff Comes of Age

October 6, 2017January 26, 2021joynealkidney

Donald Wilson, Humble Hero

August 10, 2017October 20, 2020joynealkidney

An Iowa Waitress Became an Officer’s Wife–in Texas

June 5, 2017April 6, 2019joynealkidney

Donald Wilson: Citation from The Commander in Chief

March 15, 2017July 10, 2018joynealkidney

Dan Wilson: I Give Everything. . . .

March 14, 2017April 6, 2019joynealkidney

August 1945–Junior Wilson

March 14, 2017April 6, 2019joynealkidney

Dale Wilson: Telegram on his mother’s birthday

March 13, 2017December 30, 2020joynealkidney

AWOL

March 13, 2017September 23, 2020joynealkidney

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