Memories of Honor Flight trip to World War II Memorial will last a lifetime
This story and photo were published in the Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Dr. Richard Draper, left, and his...
Letters reminiscent of World War II love stories
Sandy and Daron Caswell found a box of World War II-era letters in the attic of their garage located on Grand Avenue in Hannibal. The...
World War II letters find rightful home
I received a "sign" yesterday that let me know I made the right decision 11 months ago when I decided to start this history blog site....
Letters from World War II
Daron and Sandy Caswell brought a bucket-full of World-War II vintage letters (literally) to my house on Monday, in hopes that I would be...
HHS Class of 1939 graduate recalls years leading to WW II
Betty Curtis Mudd, a 1939 graduate of Hannibal High School, grew up on Bell Avenue in Hannibal and spent much time playing in Mahan woods...
Hannibal Journalist John B. Powell paid a high price for outspoken views against communism
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY A man of unparalleled conviction, John B. Powell rests eternally in Hannibal’s Riverside Cemetery, his once...
2000: Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets calls fateful Hiroshima mission 'routine'
Photo: Wikipedia July 1, 2000 BY LINDA O'DONNELL For the Hannibal Courier-Post QUINCY, Ill. - On Aug. 6, 1945, a bombing mission over...
Hannibal native recalls German POWs in Hannibal
Jim Featherstone, who grew up in Hannibal and graduated from Hannibal High School in 1953, shared a memory with me that I think others...