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Veterans Celebration: New Ulm, MN

State Street Theater in New Ulm, MN hosts a Veterans celebration on the eve of Veterans Day 2024.

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Minnesota Veteran's Home: Montevideo

Explore the new MN Veterans Home in Montevideo, with insights from staff and residents.

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Frozen in Time: The Vietnam War

Meet Vietnam War photographer, Gary Bipes, whose lens captured the soul of a nation.

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Night Wings: OSS Carpetbagger Ops

Explore WWII secrets with Veteran Robert Holmstrom, uncovering OSS history.

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WWII Ace: A Hero's Experience | Legion Baseball Banquet

Ace pilot Don McPherson shares his WWII experiences at American Legion Baseball banquet.

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Care Under Fire

In Care Under Fire, Bill Strusinski recounts his times as a medic in Vietnam.

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Vietnam Remembered: Western/Southwestern Minnesota

Local people remember their experiences during the Vietnam War era.

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Veterans Day 2017

Special Veterans Day program recorded at the Fagan Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls.

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Bob Brix, WWII Oral History
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Bob Brix is a WWII US Marine Veteran who served in many areas of the Pacific.

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Delvin Owen, WWII Oral History

Delvin Owen is a WWII U.S. Naval Reserve Veteran who operated test flights on aircraft.

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Paul Wojahn, WWII Oral History

Paul Wojahn is a WWII US Marine who fought as a pioneer soldier in the Pacific Theater.

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Fay Hendricks, WWII Oral History

Fay Hendricks is a WWII U.S. Army Veteran who served in the Philippines.

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Bill Friberg, WWII Oral History

Bill Friberg is a WWII U.S. Marine Veteran who served as an airplane mechanic.

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William Homan, WWII Oral History

William Homan is a WWII US Air Corps Veteran who served as a a mechanic on a b-17 bomber.

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Ray Fagen Memorial Airshow

Ray Fagen Airshow in Granite Falls, MN is a biyearly event held at Fagen Fighters Museum.

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Harlan Rosvold, WWII Oral History

Harlan Rosvold was a WWII US Marine Corps Veteran who served in the Pacific theater.

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Paul Fynboh, WWII Oral History

Paul Fynboh is a US Navy veteran who served as Electrician and loader in WWII.

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Vietnam Survival Story with Eugene Murphy

Vietnam veterans Gene Murphy and Lyle Bowes of Sioux Falls tell their stories.

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40 Thieves on Saipan

40 Thieves on Saipan is a love letter from a son to his WWII vet father.

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Don McPherson

WWII Navy Ace Don McPherson shares his story.

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1969 USS Enterprise Fire

Woody Peet, Dave Jerpseth and Lynell Leasman talk about the USS Enterprise Fire.

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Majestic Chaos

The biggest bomb in US history detonated on March 1 1954 & USMC veteran Bob Bormann saw it

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Postcards: Dave Hansen, Vietnam Veteran

Learn about the Vietnam War from Dave Hanson and the ongoing struggle with PTSD.

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Craig Tschetter, Vietnam War Vet

Learn about the the book Fifteen Minutes Ago: A Vietnam War Memoir by Craig Tschetter.

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Inventor Don Husby

Don Husby secured more than 25 patents for his lighting inventions and other innovations.

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WWII Story

96-year-old Robert Millsaps tells his story of service in WWII.

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WWII Museum Boxcar

A 118 year old railroad boxcar finds a new home at the center of a WWII museum exhibit.

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Vietnam Story

Charlie Hettling talks about his experience as a soldier during the Vietnam War.

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Fagen Fighters & History Preservation

Learn more about Fagen Fighters WWII Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota.

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World War II Veteran

Hear a story from a World War II vet told at the Fagen Fighters Museum in Granite Falls.

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Willmar War Memorial Room

Willmar War Auditorium is featured.

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Earl Orr

Memories from US Navy veteran, Earl W. Orr.

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War Stories: Stan Reeves

Local veteran tells his story at the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum.

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Honor Flight Southwest Minnesota, Part 1

A documentary detailing a trip to Washington D.C. by 100 World War II veterans from SW MN.

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Honor Flight Southwest Minnesota, Part 2

An overview of 2010 programming produced by Pioneer Public Television.

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Healing Purple Hearts

Purple Heart recipients participate in a hunting and fishing event with other veterans.

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40 Year Pheasant

Former Conservation Officer Darin Fagerman hunts pheasants for the first time in 40 years.

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Lake of the Woods Memorial

The late Mark Bode, a U.S. Navy veteran, is memorialized at Lake of the Woods.

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One of a Kind

An army sergeant who lost an arm is presented with a custom-made rod and reel.

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Veterans Appreciation Hunt

Nobles County Pheasants Forever hosts an annual Veterans Appreciation Hunt.

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National Guard Pheasant Hunt

The Annual Minnesota National Guard Pheasant Hunt near Holloway, Minnesota

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Deer in the Big City

Active and veteran military members hunt deer at the Arden Hills Army Training Site.