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STAFF BLOG THE FARM BLEAT With Honor
Awesome. Amazing. Wonderful. Outstanding. I feel like Ive been saying those words a lot these past few days as friends, family and co-workers have asked me about my travels with the World War II vete...
Posted on 5/3/11 at 10:08 PM
A proud graduate
At 92, WWII veteran Wolff finally earns high school diplomaBREWSTER — In the fall of 1933, Ray Wolff was working behind five horses in the field while his friends drove past, tooting their car horns and waving as they embarked on their freshman year of high school.
By Julie Buntjer , May 23, 2012
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Pettengills excited to embark on Honor Flight todayROCK RAPIDS, Iowa — It was nearly two years ago that Roscoe and Nadene Pettengill filled out the required paperwork and applied to go on Honor Flight, a program that sends America’s World War II veterans to Washington, D.C., free of charge to view the memorial built in their honor.
By Julie Buntjer , April 28, 2011
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Top of the class
Pipestone veteran led class of 162 bombardiers in trainingPIPESTONE — Imagine spending 22 months of your life in training for a skill you will never get to fully utilize in service to your country. It’s almost bittersweet — bitter knowing you were well trained and confident in the mission; and sweet because you know flying just one mission could have ended your life.
By Julie Buntjer , April 21, 2011
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Medic earns Purple Heart, Bronze Star in Europe
Lake Park’s Zahren entered World War II at 19LAKE PARK, Iowa — If Cecil Zahren had been given the option to choose his assignment in World War II, he would have been a paratrooper.
By Julie Buntjer , April 14, 2011
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War filled with terrible memories
LUVERNE — Sixty-five years have passed since Gordon Tobiason boarded a ship to bring him back home after World War II had ended in the European Theater, and to this day the Rock County veteran still does not want to talk about the horrific sights of war.
By Julie Buntjer , April 07, 2011
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Man on a mission
Turner flew B-26 bomber in WWII, foot patrol in KoreaBINGHAM LAKE — It was quite an opportunity for a southwest Minnesota farm boy — flying one of those airplanes he’d often admired from the ground while growing up.
By Julie Buntjer , March 17, 2011
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Honor Flight: A long line of service
Sikma, son of WWI vet, had siblings in WWII, Korea and VietnamBIGELOW — When the war broke out on two fronts in December 1941, John Sikma was working alongside his dad on their family farm east of Ocheyedan, Iowa. He was the oldest of eight kids, seven of which were boys, and hadn’t seen much outside of farming in his first 20 years.
By Julie Buntjer , March 03, 2011
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Bousema joined family tradition of military service
SANBORN, Iowa — Like many men of the greatest generation, Bill Bousema isn’t one to brag about his service during World War II.
Like many men of the greatest generation, he doesn’t need to.
August 11, 2010
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Voss captured history as WWII soldier
SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa — Vernon Voss is a real sharp shooter.
And he ain’t bad with a rifle, either.
August 04, 2010
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Sailor survived a sinking ship
Amundson served aboard USS Gambier BayCHANDLER — The USS Gambier Bay went down in history as the only American aircraft carrier to be sunk by gunfire during World War II. She remains at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean today, a victim of an Imperial Japanese Navy attack on Oct. 25, 1944.
By Julie Buntjer , April 08, 2010
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