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The story of the area WWII veterans as told by them on camera. Go to “View Video’s” page, locate the branch of service and click on a name to watch the video.
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VIDEO OF THE 2011, 4TH OF JULY PARADE, HONORING THE BEMIDJI AREA WWII VETERANS. Video footage provided by “Up Stream” |
PBC - Provided website hosting for our World War II veterans of the Northern Minnesota area. |
Certificate handed out to the WWII veterans during the 4th of July parade, 2011. |
Sponsored by the “Bemidji area Retired Military Club”. Trucks donated by Pat & Bob Purcell of Bemidji. |
Videos and website Produced by David Quam |
Video added near the end of this page. |
What’s new on the video page: As of 5-8-12 Harley Kiger U.S. Army Warren Kirsch U.S. Army Herbert Holmberg U.S. Navy Clair Wilcox U.S. Navy Bill Ward U.S. Army Steve Hecomovich U.S. Army Roy Nelson U.S. Army |
Tribal World War 2 Veterans from Red Lake and Leech Lake on this web page soon. |
A must see page |
A World War II Medal of Honor recipient was honored by the Park Rapids American Legion Post 212 on May 18th, 2012. The ceremony was held at the Greenwood Cemetery and at the Legion Post. The full video of the event is now here. (This video is in HD if you have a Hi-Speed Internet) Click on the name. 1Hr & 3min |
John O’Boyle of Bemidji, MN receives the French Knight of the Legion of Honor on July 3, 2013. Click here for the video of the event. James J Walker same award in December of 3013 |
An interview with Gerald M. Boe of Crosslake, MN. Gerald was the guard of the Number 2 Nazi: Hermann Goering during the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. |
Website Up Dated: 5-10-15 |