Wilson County’s Greatest Generation: The Memories of the World War II Veterans of Wilson County, N.C.
The materials in this collection document the service of men and women from Wilson County in World War II. These documents, clippings, photographs, and reminiscences were collected by John Hackney, Jr. and Betty McCain for the Wilson County Historical Association. The original scrapbooks will be placed in the North Carolina State Archives, with copies available at the Wilson County Public Library.
Additional Materials
- Bits of News from Home
- [British General Ration Book]
- Clothing Book 1947-48
- Continuation of National Service Life Insurance: Information for Veterans of World War II
- Information for Soldiers: Going Back to Civilian Life
- Project collecting WWII memories
- Stories of War: More than 140 local veterans share their experiences for the historical project
- Two local residents document Wilson’s Greatest Generation
- War Ration Book One
- The Warriors of WWII
- World War II Production at Hackney’s
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- Adams, George Hackney.
- Adams, Milton.
- Amerson, James Franklin.
- Andersen, Karl.
- Anderson, Robert Harper.
- Arner, David Michael.
- Arrington, Paul G.
- Bailey, Bill.
- Bailey, James C. (Charles)
- Baker, James William.
- Baker, John Marvin.
- Baker, Roy Cecil.
- Baker, Thomas Gray.
- Ballance, Charles Edward.
- Ballance, Ralph T.
- Banner, M. L.
- Barbee, Benjamin Clifton, Jr.
- Barkley, Henry M.
- Barkley, Horace T.
- Barkley, Robert M.
- Barkley, Wiley E.
- Barkley, William W.
- Barnes, Bennett Harper.
- Barnes, Clinton Charles.
- Barnes, Grady Lee.
- Barnes, John Leslie.
- Barnes, Joseph Alton.
- Barnes, Richard F.
- Barnes, Troy T.
- Barnes, Vauclain Winston.
- Barnes, Wade Dupree.
- Barnes, William Edmunson, Jr.
- Barnes, William H.
- Bass, Isaac L.
- Beland, Milton E., Jr.
- Beland, O. B.
- Benton, H. P., Jr.
- Bissette, Frank M., Jr.
- Black, William Mock.
- Blalock, Ralph E.
- Boone, Edgar.
- Borden, John Corbett.
- Borden, Sydnor.
- Boswell, Delmar.
- Boswell, Henry.
- Bowen, Jobe.
- Bowling, Tom W.
- Boykin, Eva.
- Boykin, Graham L.
- Boykin, Stephen L.
- Brantley, Alvin.
- Brantley, Richard S.
- Brewer, Travis.
- Brooks, Robert Lee.
- Brooks, William Jasper.
- Brown, Daniel S.
- Brown, Walter E.
- Bunn, William Joseph.
- Burt, Millard P.
- Bussey, William R.
- Capehart, Burwell Boykin.
- Carlson, William.
- Chesson, Arthur, Jr.
- Church, Carl Norwood.
- Cline, Louis.
- Cockrell, Onnie Robert, Jr.
- Coleman, Garland D.
- Connor, H. G.
- Cooke, Charles S.
- Cooper, Huron.
- Cooper, Lynn C.
- Cox, Guy.
- Cox, William L.
- Cozart, Sydnor M.
- Creech, Jesse Rudolph.
- Culbreth, Henry B.
- Dail, George, Jr.
- Dail, William Earl.
- Darden, Paul C., Jr.
- Daughtridge, John H.
- Deans, Edwin G.
- Deans, Lemon Calvin, Jr.
- Dempsey, James C., Jr.
- Dickens, James H.
- Dickerman, Morgan P., II.
- Edmonson, Raymond P.
- Edwards, Wade Davis.
- Elliott, Charles R., Jr.
- Ellis, James E.
- Ellis, William H., Jr.
- Etheridge, Selby A., Jr.
- Eury, Paul R.
- Evans, Jim.
- Evans, William Edgar.
- Farmer, Sunny W.
- Farris, Fred.
- Farris, Robert A.
- Ferrell, Arnold Leo.
- Fife, William Franklin.
- Fitzgerald, James.
- Fleming, Charles Mortimer.
- Fleming, Hunter L., Jr.
- Flowers, Alec P.
- Forbes, Sidney P.
- Forehand, John Harold.
- France--Guidebooks.
- France--Social life and customs.
- Frederick, Daniel Henry.
- Galloway, Paul.
- Gardner, Elmo L.
- Gardner, Ralph.
- Garner, Charles V.
- Garner, Nathan.
- Gay, Benjamin.
- George, William J., Jr.
- Gillette, John B.
- Gliarmis, Richard.
- Glover, Varnell R.
- Gold, Comann D.
- Grantham, James E.
- Graves, John.
- Griffin, Henry R.
- Hackney, Ernest Deans.
- Hackney, George, III.
- Hackney, John N., Jr.
- Hackney, Thomas Jennings, Jr.
- Hackney, William Ayers.
- Hackney, Willis Douglas, III.
- Hardison, Trafton Tunny.
- Harrell, Frank L.
- Harrell, Jiles Pickten.
- Harrell, William I.
- Harrison, R. Woodrow.
- Hathaway, James H.
- Hearn, Bunn, Jr.
- Herman, Bardy A.
- Herring, Thomas Lindsay.
- Herring, William C.
- High, James A.
- High, Junior.
- Hill, Moses Marion.
- Horne, James C.
- Howard, William Julius.
- Howell, Milford J.
- Howell, Osborne K.
- Hussey, H. Moseley.
- Ikner, James S.
- Jackson, James Thorn.
- James, Milton Don.
- Johnson, Luther Ralph.
- Johnston, Harmon Pitts, Jr.
- Jones, George Woodrow.
- Jones, Marvin.
- Kelley, Stanley Ormand.
- Kelly, Hugh F.
- Kemp, Charles O.
- Kirkland, Bobby.
- Ladwig, Harold A.
- Lamm, George.
- Lamm, John Gray.
- Land, Joseph Glenn.
- Laughinghouse, Lyman.
- Lee, Frank Hackney.
- Lewis, Edward.
- Lewis, Jasper.
- Liles, Jack H.
- Little, Charles Harvey.
- Little, Dick.
- Lucas, Paul A.
- Lucas, W. T., Jr.
- Luper, Jesse.
- Lyles, Paul Bishop.
- Maclaga, John.
- Mandanyohl, Joseph A.
- Mangum, Fred E.
- Matthews, Floyd Leslie.
- McCain, Clarence, Jr.
- McCain, John Lewis.
- McClees, Thomas A.
- McElroy, Richard.
- Meacomes, Horace Melton.
- Mercer, Dalton.
- Miller, Tommy.
- Millikin, Stephen.
- Mitchell, Warren.
- Moore, Robert Lee.
- Mooring, Arthur, Jr.
- Mordecai, Spencer Fox.
- Morgan, Charles E.
- Morrison, B. Perry.
- Morrison, Brame P.
- Newcomb, William Thomas.
- Nice (France).
- Nicholas, John Franklin, Jr.
- Oettinger, Elmer R.
- Ottimo, Vince.
- Owens, Kermit.
- Owens, Tommy.
- Paschall, Jim.
- Pate, Luby.
- Patterson, Stafford Allen.
- Peele, Addison.
- Perry, Ernest B.
- Petway, William Carl.
- Phillips, Charles L.
- Phillips, H. Hyman, Jr.
- Pipkin, Edward E.
- Pittman, M. A.
- Plyler, Beal Brent, Jr.
- Poole, Robert B.
- Pope, Robert Clyde.
- Poythress, Marion Ed.
- Poythress, Olivier.
- Price, Eddie.
- Pridgen, William W.
- Primm, Charles T.
- Proctor, Thomas Carlton.
- Proffitt, Lucille Higgins.
- Rains, William Rowe.
- Rasmussen, Birger.
- Rhodes, Thomas J.
- Riley, Jack Owens.
- Riley, John.
- Roberson, Wallace Reid.
- Rogers, Julian.
- Rogerson, Milton.
- Rose, Elmer.
- Rountree, Richard C.
- Rowland, Cohen Thomas.
- Ruffin, Mary Harvey.
- Saleeby, Edward C.
- Sasser, John William.
- Self, Ed.
- Selvidge, John Junior.
- Severance, Harry W.
- Shapou, Teddy Roosevelt.
- Sharpe, William M.
- Shepard, Warren C.
- Shook, Lenoir Gwynn.
- Shrum, Robert.
- Simon, Louis J.
- Simpson, Vollis.
- Smiley, Glacus Graham.
- Smith, Ernest E.
- Smith, Relmond Carl.
- Smith, Walton Wright.
- Smith, Willard T.
- Stamper, William Palmer.
- Stephenson, William H.
- Stoke, Henry J.
- Stone, William S.
- Swain, Rufus S.
- Tabb, Douglas.
- Taylor, John Gold.
- Thigpen, E. L.
- Thompson, Marvin Hubert.
- Thompson, O.F.
- Thorne, John Julius.
- Thorpe, Martin B.
- Titchener, Jack.
- Tomlinson, John Sidney.
- Tomlinson, Leslie D.
- Tomlinson, Robert L., Jr.
- Touloupas, John Z.
- Turner, William Harvey, Jr.
- Uzzell, Randolph.
- Vines, James R.
- Wade, Arlen John Cicero, Jr.
- Walston, Dewey S.
- Walston, John William.
- Walston, William B.
- Warren, Doane Herring.
- Warren, Edward, Jr.
- Warren, Norman.
- Waters, John M., Jr.
- Watson, Dred Stuart.
- Watson, Lannis B.
- Watson, Thomas L., Jr.
- Weathersby, Earl Lee.
- Webb, Elmer.
- Webb, Grover E.
- Webb, Henry.
- Webb, Herbert Lee.
- Webb, Joseph D.
- Welfare, Rupert C., Jr.
- Wells, John D., III.
- West, Henry, Jr.
- Weyher, Harry.
- Whitehead, Jimmy.
- Whitley, George A.
- Whitley, Kermit.
- Whitley, Robert Edward Lee.
- Whitman, Prentice Rodger.
- Wiggins, John L., Jr.
- Wilkerson, Graham Whitley.
- Wilkins, Robert D.
- Williams, Ben.
- Williams, Erwin Norman.
- Williams, Howard B.
- Williams, Isham Rowland.
- Williams, Philip R.
- Williams, Robert E.
- Williamson, Ellis Warner.
- Wilson, John D.
- Winborne, James B.
- Winborne, Sidney Allen.
- Winbourne, George F.
- Winstead, Carl Milton.
- Winstead, Edward.
- Winstead, Elton D.
- Winstead, Olna D., Jr.
- Winstead, Robert.
- Woodard, David Warren.
- Wright, Edward K.
- Wright, William S.
- Yelverton, Ira A.
