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After the end of the Second World War, Wilson found employment in Gisborne for a short time before returning to his home in Dunedin. He decided to try the music business and soon found a group called The Tumbleweeds, founded by Bill Ditchfield. They went up to Wellington to record six 78s.
Musician, Songwriter. Cole Wilson was a pioneer New Zealand country musician who, along with his band The Tumbleweeds, recorded their 1949 hit single Maple On The Hill. Selling over 80,000 copies, this was the first New Zealand record to sell at this level. After his service in World War Two, Wilson played as part of...
Cole graduated in 1939 and went back home and married Allie Mae Wilson. Cole was a lieutenant colonel commanding the 3rd Battalion of the 502 nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, nickname “Five-Oh-Deuce” or “The Deuce” on June 6, 1944, the date of his unit’s first combat jump.
Ghana, Malaya, Nigeria, and Kenya were granted independence during this period. Labour returned to power under Harold Wilson in 1964 and oversaw a series of social reforms including the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality and abortion, the relaxing of divorce laws, and the end of capital punishment.
Cole graduated with the class of 1939 and returned home to marry Allie Mae Wilson. He was appointed a second lieutenant to the 15th Infantry at Fort Lewis , Washington , in 1939, and remained there until his transfer to the 501st Parachute Infantry Battalion at Fort Benning , Georgia , in 1941.
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Flushed with their success against Germany and Japan in 1945, most Americans initially viewed their place in the postwar world with optimism and confidence. But within two years of the end of the war, new challenges and perceived threats had arisen to erode that confidence.
