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Robert Leonard Dortch-WWII veteran
Robert Leonard Dortch was in the Army during WWII. I’m told he went more by his middle name of Leonard. His registration card says he was 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 165 pounds, blue eyes, black hair and dark complexion. After the war, Leonard lived in Norfolk for awhile. While married to Virginia Johnson, he…
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Roy Jones-WWI Veteran
Roy Jones with his wife Bertha and children Evelyn and baby Leroy. Julie’s note: Robert Leroy Jones, known as Roy Jones was a soldier in WWI. It was not an experience he wanted to talk about, which I think is an important story too. Don Bell told me, “When I was in the Army he’d…
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William Presley Bullock- WWII veteran
My father was William P. Bullock and in WW2 he served in the Army Air Corps. He was born in Denniston, Halifax County, VA, in 1916. His mother was Bessie Tingin Bullock and her parents were Presly Tingen and Mary Griffin. They were mostly associated with Halifax County, but the family also resided in Mecklenburg…
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Henry Clay Kidd-WWI Veteran
Henry Clay Kidd was a wounded WWI veteran. He stayed awhile in a European hospital recovering. Henry was gassed badly during the war. It affected his lungs and skin for the rest of his life. He returned to the United States Apr 1919. I met Elva Kidd White two months ago (Mar 2020). She showed…
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Aubrey Tutor-WWII Veteran
This picture comes from Elva Kidd White and her sons. Elva told me she wrote her cousins during the war, every Sunday. Aubrey’s mother and Elva’s father were siblings. Aubrey moved to Pennsylvania and married Anna Marie Woomer 1 Apr 1940 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. He joined the military in 1942. Aubrey Tudor’s registration card…
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Charles Tudor-WWII Veteran
This picture of Charles Tudor was his parent’s picture. It’s still hanging up on the wall of his parent’s old house. I asked about the frame and was told that’s how the military pictures were framed, with the eagle frame and rounded glass. The rounded glass broke, but the frame and picture were untouched. New,…
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