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Honoring Their Sacrifices In World War II

July 14, 2011 By Carol Wilkerson

The Sons and Daughters of WWII Veterans An email I received today brought to my attention this site named Sons & Daughters of World War II Veterans Genealogy Society created in 2010. Here is a snippet explaining their purpose and intent. The Sons and Daughters of World War II Veterans is a program of the [...]

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With Thanks To All Veterans

November 11, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

As I noted right before, and on election day, I am eternally grateful to the veterans and *civilians who made it possible to vote in my country. I am grateful to all of them, past, present and future. The Wilkerson Family Veterans Top right is John Whittmore, Medal of Honor Recipient Civil War [...]

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Otto Family Had Five in World War II

August 21, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

All Came Home (click on image until it is viewable full-sized) All of these men are, or were, my husband Jim’s uncles from his mother Mary Jane Otto Wilkerson’s side of the family. Going by the dates mentioned in the article, it might have been written in 1944. As far as I know, all of [...]

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My Civil War Ancestors – John Watts Breedlove

June 13, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

My Great-Great Grandfather was John Watts Breedlove. Many of my family have called him John Wyatt Breedlove for years, but I believe his middle name really was Watts. The name Wyatt doesn’t show up in any of the naming patterns of the family, while the name Watts does, as it was his Granfather’s middle name, [...]

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COG -77th Edition – Disasters

June 7, 2010 By Carol Wilkerson

COG -77th Edition – Disasters My father-in-law, Loren Wilkerson, was in the Navy during World War II and near the end of the war he was on the CVE (carrier vessel escort) Cape Esperance as they made their way to Leyte Gulf for the battle that would eventually take place there. On their way to [...]