ARMY
Veteran tales: Death and destruction 
Edgerton veteran lucky to return home unscathed after World War IIEDGERTON — One month after Edgerton’s Art Broekhuis celebrated his 18th birthday in June 1943, he reported for duty at Fort Snelling.
February 18, 2010
Army: 12 dead in attacks at Fort Hood, Texas
4:07 p.m. UpdateFORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army says 12 people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting rampage on the Fort Hood Army base in Texas.
By ANNE GEARAN and JAY ROOT, Associated Press Writers , November 05, 2009
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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.
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.
A current mag
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.
Paying homage
Almost every year since I have worked for the Daily Globe I have attended a Veteran’s Day program somewhere. Having a husband, a father, several uncles, two grandfathers and a cousin who are veterans, the ceremonies never fail to bring a lump to my throat. My husband Eric was in the U.S. Navy
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