Townzen’s brother Howard McMillan was stationed in Italy in WWII. After he returned to the States he went to work in Washington State at an airplane factory. Later during a visit to Arkansas, he stopped in Gravette. Howard noticed the plane displayed at Kindley Park looked familiar. He confirmed by the registration number on the plane that it was one he had worked on at the factory. [01:51:00]
#1: Reta Townzen, 2013
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#2: Reta Townzen's family members working in the hay fields on their family farm; in the photo: uncle, Joe McMillan; uncle, Tom McMillan, and father, Phil McMillan; near Hiwasse, Arkansas, ca. early 1900s
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#3: Townzen family member on top of haystack on McMillan farm, near Hiwasse, Arkansas, ca. early 1900s
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#4: Students in front of schoolhouse; Hiwasse, Arkansas, 1908
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#5: Unidentified group of fruit pickers; Hiwasse, Arkansas, 1911
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#6: Wedding photo of Reta McMillan and Clarence Marion Townzen, 1938
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