Arrives Home on Queen Mary
Oakley Graphic (Oakley, Kansas)17 August 1945page 16 Tells of Trip Home on “Queen Mary” Brooklyn, New YorkAugust 5, 1945 Dearest Mother, Daddy and All: First,… Read More »Arrives Home on Queen Mary
WAC Flies to Germany
Oakley Graphic (Oakley, KS018 May 1945page 16 From the Men in the Armed Forces Greeting from EnglandApril 20 Dearest Mother and Daddy, When Monty crossed… Read More »WAC Flies to Germany
WAAC Capt. Zelma Hanson
From the Men in the Armed Forces Dorothy Swart in London The following note was received by Geo. M. Swart of Oakley regarding a story… Read More »WAAC Capt. Zelma Hanson
Newspapers for Military News
Do you ever feel like you are ‘going down a rabbit hole’ with your research? That’s what I feel like I’m doing with some of… Read More »Newspapers for Military News
Saturday Tidbits
Courier TribuneList Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft24 Oct 1940 List Nemaha Serial Numbers for the Draft Over 1600 names are in the County Roll… Read More »Saturday Tidbits
Gold Star Mother
Have you encountered a ‘Gold Star Mother’ in your genealogy research. Even though I’ve researched women who lost sons in battle I’ve come across my… Read More »Gold Star Mother
Thank God We Don’t Need Your Kid!
By a Marine in the South Pacific You say he can’t stand the ArmyThe life is too tough for him,Do you think he is any… Read More »Thank God We Don’t Need Your Kid!
Home on Leave
For years, the Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kansas) has had a column pulling historical tidbits from 20 and 30 years ago. On 28 May 1964, the… Read More »Home on Leave
PFC Lovell Mentzer
While searching the Yates Center News for an article stating that Cleo B. Peake was awarded the purple heart, I discovered another cousin killed during… Read More »PFC Lovell Mentzer
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