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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

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As WWII memories fade, a Netherlands town refuses to forget

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 10, 2018, 6:21 PM Mar 10, 2018
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Every two years, the graves and names on a nearby cemetery wall are decorated with photos; 74 Minnesotans have no accompanying photograph. Dutch and American volunteers are trying to find images in time for this year’s tribute. Read more →

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Searchers find sunken aircraft carrier

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 5, 2018, 2:08 PM Mar 5, 2018
4

The Lexington became the first aircraft carrier the U.S. ever lost at sea. When she went down in the Battle of the Coral Sea, that was the last anyone saw of Lady Lex. Until Sunday. Read more →

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The journey of one of the last living people on Schindler’s List

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 16, 2018, 1:52 PM Feb 16, 2018
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You’ll not read a more incredible journey in an obituary than the one told in the Chicago Sun-Times today about Margot Schlesinger, one of the last living people on Schindler’s list. Read more →

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Douglas Ward, area aviation legend, dead at 94

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2018, 11:00 AM Feb 2, 2018
5

When I first passed along the story of Douglas Ward, of Mondovi, Wis., in 2014, I noted that this is the kind of picture I could look at for hours.
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Plane that led D-Day invasion to fly over Wisconsin

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2018, 8:41 AM Jan 30, 2018
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What was left of a Douglas DC-47 was discovered in Wisconsin in 2015. It wasn’t just an old plane, though. It was “That’s All, Brother!”, the plane that led the D-Day invasion.
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Luverne down to its last man

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 1, 2017, 11:27 AM Dec 1, 2017
4

LeRoy Luitjens and Helmer Haakenson had a bittersweet sip or two as the last two members of Luverne’s Last Man Club opened a ceremonial bottle of bourbon.

Mr. Luitjens died on Sunday. Read more →

War

Can a global conscience still be stirred?

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 22, 2017, 1:27 PM Nov 22, 2017
7

It is much more difficult now for television — any news outlet, really — to awaken a conscience than it was in 1984. Read more →

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1,000 Words: The nephew he never knew he had

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 20, 2017, 8:01 AM Nov 20, 2017
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Eliahu Pietruszka, 102, thought he was the only member of his family still alive. He thought the rest had perished in the Nazi extermination camps. He found out recently, however, that his brother had lived, and had a son. Read more →

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A toast, a drink, and an end to the ‘Last Man’ club

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 16, 2017, 8:18 AM Nov 16, 2017
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Luverne’s famed bottle of bourbon is no more. Neither is the famed Glen’s Coffee Clique Last Man Club. The last two living members — World War II veterans — opened the bottle and toasted their dead friends, the Globe of Worthington says. Read more →

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A tap on the shoulder and a ‘thank you’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2017, 11:59 AM Nov 9, 2017
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World War II veteran Harold Zilmer of, Minot, N.D., was walking around the World War II memorial in Washington this week. He was on an Honor Flight, which flies veterans to the memorial and back on the same day.
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Headstone inscription irks family of soldier

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 7, 2017, 6:40 AM Nov 7, 2017
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America has had so many wars that we don’t know what to call them anymore. Is it Gulf War I an Gulf War II? Or do we just refer to them now as the Gulf War, and Afghanistan, and Iraq? Read more →

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A ‘last man’ of Luverne dies at 96

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2017, 1:10 PM Oct 27, 2017
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It’s time for the Last Man Club of Luverne, Minn., to drink up. Warren Herreid, one of its most noteworthy members, died yesterday. He was 96.
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War

Meet the country’s newest Medal of Honor recipient

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 23, 2017, 2:27 PM Oct 23, 2017
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When you hear Gary Rose tell his story, you wonder what took the U.S. so long. Read more →

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Twin Cities Honor Flight in Washington

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 30, 2017, 10:53 AM Sep 30, 2017
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Do we ever tire of seeing videos when World War II and other veterans arrive in Washington on Honor Flights?

Of course not.
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Arts & Culture · War

Review: Final episode of ‘The Vietnam War’ fails to deliver

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 29, 2017, 9:48 AM Sep 29, 2017
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In publicity interviews before the series, Ken Burns seemed to suggest that the nation remains conflicted over whether the Vietnam war, which took the lives of 58,000 Americans, was worth it. The first episode last week seemed to promise to deliver an answer to that question.

It didn’t.
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