My Trails into the Past

This is my third year working on this year-long prompt, hosted by Amy Johnson Crow. I will write each week in one of my two blogs, either Mam-ma’s Southern Family or at My Trails into the Past. I have enjoyed writing about my children’s ancestors in new and exciting ways. I am very proud of those ancestors and collateral relatives who served our country in the Armed Forces. I would like to list them here. U.S. Army: John Eliason Lundquist, Civil War Harold Rupert Gleeson, WWI Joseph W Gorrell, Civil War Amos Gorrell, Civil War Oral D Johnston, WWI John E. Lundquist, WWI Carl David Harry Nilsen, WWI Carl David Harry Nilsen Jr, WWII Joseph A Nilsen, WWI Eugene F Soares, WWII John Cyril Sullivan, WWI Woodrow Whitlow, WWII U.S. Air Force: George J. Gorrell, WWII Rayburn D Lancaster, Korea/Viet Nam U.S. Navy: William Cyril Hork, WWI Tom J Johnston, WWII Ernest Nilsen, WWI, WWII Leonard M Nilsen, WWII Since my mother’s side is all southern, I’ll include those who served for the  Confeder...