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    November 10, 2017
    WWII Veteran, Alwyn Martinson, speaks to a classroom at the Detroit Lakes High School during their Veterans Day Ceremony. Kaysey Price / Tribune
    'Free because of the brave': DLHS Veterans Day ceremony gathers over 50 local veterans to share their stories
    "It's not very often we get to hear the stories of individuals who had a hand in foraging the freedoms that we all have and take for granted,"...
    newsNovember 10, 2017 - 11:23am
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    After years of searching Goodridge, Minn., man returns WWII vet's watch
    GOODRIDGE, Minn.—A local Goodridge, Minn., man searching for the owner of a watch thought that answers would bring closure, but instead, the...
    newsOctober 10, 2017 - 8:16am
    January 5, 2017
    A look back: Snow blanket saves life of DL soldier in WWII
    (This was taken from the January 2, 1947 edition of the Detroit Lakes Tribune.) C.W. Krabbenhoft, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Krabbenhoft of Detroit Lakes, always liked the snow, but he didn't know he was utterly crazy about it until the spring of 1945 and learned that a snow blanket...
    lifestyleJanuary 5, 2017 - 1:00pm
    November 11, 2015
    John Fiandaca of Dilworth, smiles on the plane to Washington, D.C., (right) for the WDAY Honor Flight in October. Fiandaca served in the Army motor pool in World War II and worked for the Monuments Men in 1945. SUBMITTED PHOTO
    Dilworth farmer helped rescue artifacts, paintings hidden by the Nazis
    John Fiandaca of Dilworth saw the film “The Monuments Men,” but he didn’t need to. Seventy years ago, he lived that. Fiandaca spent...
    newsNovember 11, 2015 - 11:29am
    October 9, 2015
    PFC. William Barker of Englewood, Colo., created this sketch of Pfc. Dennis Bellmore, depicting him holding the Germans at bay while his comrades retreated at Schillersdorf, Austria, during World War II. Bellmore, of Ogema, was killed in the battle, and the artist helped recover his body the next day.
    Family receives letter after son dies in WWII
    During the wars over the years, unfortunately many parents have received notice that their child has died in war. One family, Mr. and Mrs....
    lifestyleOctober 9, 2015 - 5:15am
    September 3, 2014
    Archie Londry launched the effort for a memorial to honor World War 2 airmen.
    Two area men died fighting for Canada
    Sept. 10 marks both the 75th anniversary of Canada declaring war on Germany during World War II, and the day the “They Grow Not Old” memorial...
    newsSeptember 3, 2014 - 1:30pm
    August 5, 2013
    Constance Cowan, 87,of Duluth, Minn., received a dog tag that had belonged to her brother, James, who died in the Philippines during World War II. The dog tag was found by a tour guide on the island of Corregidor, where James served during World War II. James died as a POW, by "friendly fire," in the Oryoku Maru incident that occurred on Dec. 15, 1944. The Oryoku Maru was an unmarked Japanese prisoner of war transport that was sunk by the American Navy. (Clint Austin/Duluth News Tribune)
    WWII dog tag returned to Minnesota soldier's sister
    DULUTH, Minn. – What Constance Cowan remembers about her brother, Jimmy, is that he had a challenged upbringing. She was 4 and he was 9 when...
    newsAugust 5, 2013 - 9:28am
    July 1, 2013
    Duluth man gets WWII-era postcard in the mail
    DULUTH, Minn. – Tyler Scouton says he’s always had an interest in history, and that’s one of the reasons the Duluth native bought a decades-old house in the city’s Hillside neighborhood last year. But Scouton, 32, has found himself digging deeper than ever before into his...
    newsJuly 1, 2013 - 9:27am
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