https://www.stairwaystories.com/eastward-avenue daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377894047710-GZAJU4AF0PJRA5ROQ5TP/8546b3b89c1aad4d96a8988f9cf37c99.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893872802-BM9UIZ8LFFBNEMLVXFNT/8546b3b89c1aad4d96a8988f9cf37c99.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893879812-34YY60SC6K2KZCH8D73E/0b4cbb0d5f866fe7bc4075468ecff7ac.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893879814-G5MVDOMPIG78430DHR5O/4bdd33725e5605ec6ae830b998597499.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893879983-V4M482GQOECIBB52CDTY/6f1b62c21006a52b0148450ddd75492c.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893879479-605BX2W2J8NJE7V9M2IR/40a29fe5e8181c7b6bd1a7dc360678c9.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893886429-721EJZSG664SIQM2XAJP/a50231de9f75371591e8c5483923cad7.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893886460-R52ZQXBS2P4DQMHD9A76/d983e28a229ebbe8723a5400004e9474.jpg Cities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377893886615-SEJXNNS6EGV560JA6OOM/faa03c696735234c6bb98c495cc00a76.jpg Cities https://www.stairwaystories.com/about daily 0.75 2020-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591228516118-C2FTW9QH1VQ02XH5O1LC/JS__8050.jpg About The author with her parents, Russ and Louise Simmelink. Louise, Leveryle and Gale (below) were Joe Boy’s sisters. All were instrumental in the writing of this book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591634312465-PDF0I5EYEMXVG5ZBBEPX/JS__8029.jpg About Leveryle Anderson with her daughter, Katrina Gabrielson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591634366604-0JPXWOFDT54IDOK5IKGS/JS__8040.jpg About Gale Philpott with her daughter, Sandy Philpott Cox. https://www.stairwaystories.com/original-letters daily 0.75 2020-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591814955420-O6KA61MSID2YVI4O242I/062544_Sea_p1.jpeg Original Letters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591815502315-W759689FM40DWY991K20/030845_Iwo+Jima.jpeg Original Letters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591815178464-X0Z35P26CG3GXBFK0RHS/080744_Tarawa_p1.jpeg Original Letters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591815226133-9PXA5H8UXZYE89OOPEB4/011145_Pearl_p1.jpeg Original Letters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591710740240-BMARYBVL7A5W3A91K43H/Home+on+leave.jpg Original Letters https://www.stairwaystories.com/as-rugged-as-the-rest daily 1.0 2021-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1589740560416-R7S99ETKGQTQZS83ZN7J/mockup-web+copy.jpg As Rugged as the Rest https://www.stairwaystories.com/joeboyphotos daily 0.75 2020-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591226560832-NYBTYXKAGKMA9JR98JGK/Sister+on+bike.jpg Joe Boy Photos First little sister - Louise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591297138770-16KSVLVKOLCA3CS5T702/log+truck.jpg Joe Boy Photos Joe Boy was his dad’s partner in their pre-war logging operation, near Springdale, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591227627599-TSBCCDUA1YM86ZCH84HN/JB+with+Pop.jpg Joe Boy Photos With “the Best Dad in this whole world, bar none.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591294766047-HH24YQWOYI2NYO2DOEW8/Squad_Hawaii_Oct+29_1944+copy.jpg Joe Boy Photos Joe Boy, top row, second from left, at Camp Tarawa, on the Big Island of Hawaii. On November 19, 1944, he wrote: “Here’s a picture of the boys in our squad. The guy in the blur and holding the black cat is our squad leader. They are a pretty good bunch of guys. A couple of them are missing though I don’t know where they were when the picture was taken.” A few months later, the Marine Corps landed on Iwo Jima, where most of the men in this squad were wounded or killed in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591226318996-QCTKMTJAFFOX3K9TSWAI/Baby+Joe.jpg Joe Boy Photos At a logging camp in Eastern Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591289568037-A2RZD4MNP4X7CI8D63SO/JB%26Sisters.jpg Joe Boy Photos Home on leave with, from left: Gale, Louise and Leveryle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591226369414-YF1FK55DA9XS11YW2Q36/JB+as+toddler+2.jpg Joe Boy Photos Joe Boy as a toddler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591289658519-X59NL9ZK25JNKB9MM8RE/With+Bobby.jpg Joe Boy Photos During the war, cousin Bobby Gemmill (far right) lent a hand with summer chores on the ranch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591226216706-JB7JPA99Y1BZAGEQMH88/Joe+%26+Leonora.jpg Joe Boy Photos Joe Boy’s parents, Joseph House, Sr. and Leonora Gemmill, during their courting days. They were married in February 1921, and Joe Boy was born on July 26, 1923 in in Deer Park, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591289008402-CRD7HFJV6V83427W1JOQ/JB+graduation+gown.jpg Joe Boy Photos https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591291702377-QQL1BCY2KF122AJ9XA6L/JB+and+Pinky.jpg Joe Boy Photos Joe Boy and his faithful dog, Pinky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591288891421-MKMCB5XFBR4IBDNBNSD0/Class+of+1940.jpg Joe Boy Photos The Springdale High School class of 1941. Joe Boy House (bottom row, first on left) is sitting next to his friend, Glen Simmelink. After the war, Glen’s youngest brother, Russ, married Joe Boy’s younger sister, Louise. Russ and Louise Simmelink are the parents of the author, Janet Simmelink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591294369451-06TCCIK2JYA8Q58QPR0F/Formal+portrait+1944.jpg Joe Boy Photos Studio shot, 1943. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591291085706-B5S681W3MA5EOHWQH5SI/Polled+shorthorn.jpg Joe Boy Photos Joe House Sr. with a polled shorthorn steer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591227049094-THWHMM991L5FXAM6S0CY/JB+first+photo.jpg Joe Boy Photos From Leonora’s scrapbook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591294408146-91R06ES2SWLPPJPL12LU/Zombies.jpg Joe Boy Photos Drinking Zombies during a weekend leave from Camp Pendleton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591288794173-3QKAPWDGXV9D1RHDQBZA/Farm+Boy.jpg Joe Boy Photos In front of the one-room schoolhouse not far from Rose Hill that he attended through 8th grade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc7386e4b0da9c1d3db08b/1591226645427-VYB7RSANZDSGZMG4XCYD/Sisters+as+little+girls.jpg Joe Boy Photos Three little sisters! 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