Places in the story

A Wisconsin center.
A wider world.

Cuba City, Platteville, and Galena anchor the family’s story. A wartime record and a consular career carry it farther afield.

A place in the family story

Cuba City, Wisconsin

The central couple's family home, Elizabeth's 1950 household, and the Loeffelholz garage and Auditorium. 242123

Ford Garage and Auditorium, 109 North Main Street

A place in the family story

Dickeyville, Wisconsin

The Loeffelholz blacksmith setting and a Gubbels–Lange family connection preserved in compiled parish information. 19203536

The directory heading spells the town Dickeysville; do not confuse the George named there with George Brownell.

A place in the family story

Galena, Illinois

William and Leila's named nursing home and their separate association with Idle Acres at the former Marine Hospital. 78

The 1950 census does not specify a street address on the couple's line. Keep the Stillman and Marine Hospital properties distinct.

Campaign context

New Guinea · Buna campaign setting

Original captions identify George in New Guinea; the official campaign history supplies terrain and logistics context. 39404142

Do not plot an individual service route, unit, or exact salvage-dump location.

Place links show towns or a regional setting. They do not establish a family member’s exact residence or military route where the historical record is silent.
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