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Desert Shield families share wartime letters and appeals
Wilson County News notes families with relatives in the Persian Gulf and invites more submissions. It documents Corporal Richard Hernandez, Senior Airman Fernando Casillas Jr., and their ties to Floresville, plus guidance from postal officials on holiday mail for troops. It also includes obituaries for Louis Moczygemba of Cestohowa.
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Richa Ernandez
Persian Gulf
Wilson County
Floresville
Richard Hernandez
U.S. Marines
Floresville High School
Richard
Manuela
Mela
Ricky, Jr
Gabriel
Samuel
Amadeo and
Theresa Hernandez
Picosa
Fairview
Rafael and
Alejandro Alfaro
Fernando Casillas, Jr
Saudi Arabia
Fernando
Carmen Alicia Casillas
Patricia Casillas-Lanford
Eddie
Serigo
Christopher Sanford
Loretta Warner
Illinois
Casillas
USAF
APO
New York
USPS
U.S
Postal Service
Middle East
Louis Simon Moczygemba
Ignatz G
Veronica Sekula Moczygemba
Moczygemba
Cestocowa
Sylvia Drzymalla
Kosciusko
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cestohowa
Sylvia Moczygemba
Norman
Louise) Moczygemba
San Antonio
Nancy Jaskina
Adkins
Carolyn
Bill) Outright
Cibolo
Shirley
Alois Jr.) Zaiontz
Falls City
Dorothy
Jimmy) Mutz
Jeanette Weeks
Mildred
Peter) Scheffler
Cestahowa