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Hubert Hayes, DDS: 'I went where I was sent and I did what I was told'
Petoskey WWII veteran never had to leave the U.S. By Tamara Stevens Hubert Hayes, 95, a retired dentist in Petoskey, is extremely modest...

Tamara Stevens
May 19, 20228 min read


Winfield Joseph Sluyter: 'I saw the war flying, looking backwards'
Petoskey man took part in the Battle of Midway in 1942 Anyone who has seen a movie about the Battle of Midway during WWII has a fairly...

Tamara Stevens
Apr 14, 20227 min read


Larry St. Clair: 'I was there'
Emmet County man recalls his WWII mission on the island of Iwo Jima Lawrence “Larry” St. Clair may be legally blind at 98 years old, but...

Tamara Stevens
Mar 19, 202213 min read
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