This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Waiting Wives of Schilling Manor Brings Local Vietnam Era Tale
Donna Moreau chronicles Schilling Manor, Salina Kansas, the 1965 to 1977 base for families of overseas soldiers. Her book, Waiting Wives, blends fact and fiction to honor military wives who waited and kept a town alive amid fear and loss.
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Gallagher
Salina
Schilling Manor
Donna Moreau
Kansas
Moreau
Dole Institute of Politics
Schilling Air Force Base
Fort Riley
John
Mike” Scanlan
Scanlan
Vietnam
Pentagon
Jerry McKain
Schilling
Bill Medina
Medina
Kathleen Frisbie
Michigan
Bruce
Frisbie
New York City
Massachusetts
Penelope
Odysseus
Afghanistan
Iraq