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WWII from a Child's Perspective

I've been privileged for the last year or so to visit with an elite group of citizens. Assigned the task of writing about what life was...

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...

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...

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...