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Honoring Their Sacrifices In World War II

July 14, 2011 by Carol Yates 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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2011 Memorial Day – Veterans

May 28, 2011 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Yates and Allied Families Wilkerson and Allied Families On every Memorial Day I remember all of my family members who have passed on. Not all of the people in this collage have passed, but many of them have. I feel it’s important to thank our veterans whenever we can, and so I post this [...]

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Tombstone Tuesday – Clinton Iowa War Memorials

August 31, 2010 by Carol Yates Wilkerson

Jim’s home town of Clinton, Iowa has a very nice display of war memorials for the most recent wars: Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean and Vietnam. The Civil War era memorial is for William B. Mayes who enlisted in DeWitt, Iowa and was born in Ohio. He was a Medal of Honor Recipient and was [...]