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Published February 17, 2010, 12:00 AM

Broekhuis and his knife


Brian Korthals/Daily Globe

World War II veteran Art Broekhuis, Edgerton, holds a Hitler youth knife with the inscription “blut und ehre” on the blade — a souvenir of his service in Germany. The inscription translates to “blood and honor.”

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