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Chronicling the final days of Wilmington POW camps during WWII

Chronicling the final days of Wilmington POW camps during WWII
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Remembering the 248 Wilmington men we lost during World War II

Remembering the 248 Wilmington men we lost during World War II Wilbur D. Jones Jr. © WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS/USA TODAY NETWORK Gravesite of Capt. John Richard “Dick” Garrabrant, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, killed in action in Normandy on June 10, 1944. Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France. (Georgia is listed because he entered the Army from there.) Marine Corsair fighter pilot First Lt. Bobby Goldberg, flying with VMF-511 on the USS Block Island, disappeared over the Pacific’s Ryukyu Islands in May 1945. Seven years later the government declared him killed in action. His father never accepted finality. © WILBUR JONES/FOR THE STARNEWS First Lt. Robert Aaron Goldberg Jr., U.S. Marine Corps F8U Corsair pilot, VMF-511, carrier USS Block Island. Disappeared over the Ryukyu Islands on May 27, 1945. Declared killed in action seven years later.

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Wilmington, World War II: A time of love, weddings, and waiting

Wilmington, World War II: A time of love, weddings, and waiting Wilbur D. Jones Jr. © WILBUR JONES/FOR THE STARNEWS Louise Washburn (left) and friends entertain Camp Davis Army officers at Wrightsville Beach during World War II. She later married fellow Wilmingtonian Air Force Lt. Col. George Boylan. Interactions with outsiders energized Wilmington’s World War II home front, exploding from isolation to inundation. Numerous women I interviewed for my wartime Wilmington books said the war years were the most exciting of their lives, during ages 16 into their 20s. “Instead of just meeting people around the corner, we met a wide variety from all over,” Sally Josey remembered.

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UNCW honors distinguished alumni | WilmingtonBiz

UNCW honors distinguished alumni | WilmingtonBiz
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