AIR FORCE
Pipestone man served in Africa during World War II 
Hubner shares tale of booby-trapped guns and Axis SallyPIPESTONE — With the exception of his 42 months in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, 90-year-old Loren Hubner has spent his entire life within a quarter-mile stretch of farmland on the northwest side of Pipestone.
January 14, 2010
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1945: Worthington Soldier Missing in Action Over Germany
Robert Schafer, the son of Paul Schafer, of Miller Street, was missing in action over Germany starting February 16, 1945, after having flown 11
1945: Local Soldier Killed in Action
Wilbur Wright, of Graham Lakes township, was killed in action in Belgium January 30, 1945, while engaged as a member of the 82nd Airborne division.
1945: Washnesky Gets His Commission
Marvin Washnesky, whose mother apparently lived in Worthington ("here"?) was commissioned and awarded his pilot's silver wings in the
1945: Lismore Man Gets Pilot Wings
Rufus Loebig, 22, son of Mathilda Loebig of Lismore, received his pilot's wings and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1945.
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1945: Standafer Commissioned a Second Lieutenant
Lloyd L. Standafer was commissioned a second lieutenant and received the silver pilot's wings of the army air forces in Oklahoma in February 1945.
1960: Air Police Look for Bomber Piece in Worthington
A bit of airplane fell from the sky in Worthington in 1960, and people were looking for it, because it "is really not much good to anyone who d
1945: Worthington Boy Flies Eight Round Trips in a Day
This 1945 news piece concerned a magazine story about Lloyd Leonard, a pilot with the South Pacific combat air transport command.
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1945: Airman Wins His Pilot's Wings
Vincent Bruns, son of Henry Bruns, Lismore, won his pilot's wings in 1945 at the La Junta army air field in Colorado.
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