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By Wilbur Jones
“The U.S. Navy at the Normandy D-Day landing, June 6, 1944.” – Book signing Date: July 26th, Wednesday Time: 10:00…
By Wilbur Jones
“Growing Up in Wartime Wilmington, America’s First WWII Heritage City.” – Book Signing Date: July 11th, Tuesday Time: 10:00 am…
By Wilbur Jones
Wilmington, N.C. – February 7, 2023 – In a ceremony at Wilmington’s City Hall, Mayor Bill Saffo, on behalf of…
By wjonesllc
A Sentimental Journey is a social history of the life and culture on the Wilmington and Southeastern North Carolina home front. The personal story of a burgeoning community, it is the first book covering a specific geographic area this extensively.
By Wilbur Jones
In honor of Veterans, every month, Cape Fear Weekend will post a story that highlights a different veteran in our…
By wjonesllc
The Journey Continues: The World War II Home Front is the natural sequel to the authorâ€s first volume on this subject, the highly acclaimed, nationally distributed book, A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs of a Wartime Boomtown, winner of the North Carolina Society of Historians 2003 Willie Parker Peace Book Award.
By Wilbur Jones
Contact: Jack Fryar dramtreebooks@gmail.com P.O. Box 7183, Wilmington, NC 28406 910-538-4076 History publisher Dram Tree Books announces the release of…
By Wilbur Jones
Watch as Wilbur D. Jones, Jr. takes you on a tour of the Hannah Block Historic USO in Wilmington, NC.
By Wilbur Jones
Available for Programs and Meetings Growing Up in Wartime Wilmington: America’s First World War II Heritage City The Afrika Korps…
By Wilbur Jones
Kure Beach, N. C., July 25, 1943, at around 3 a.m., Germany attacked the United States when a surfaced submarine…
By Wilbur Jones
Troops thought the snow was colder than usual. The turkey dinner served at noon tasted good, but otherwise there was…
By Wilbur Jones
The World War II service of two lifelong Wilmington friends led them on similar paths from the Normandy beaches to…