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ID	93496
Title of Article	WWII vet celebrates 105th birthday
Notes	Bill Butler
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Bill Butler and Betty Smith; Bill Butler with wife Doris 1944
Date	Oct 20, 2023
Page	A1
Subjects	Centenarian, World War II Veterans

ID	73644
Title of Article	Dream takes flight
Notes	Dream Flights
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	June Berkshire and family
Date	Aug 03, 2021
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Elkhart Municipal Airport, Airplanes, World War II Veterans, Centenarian

ID	69997
Title of Article	World War II veteran honored
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Arden Miller
Date	Nov 12, 2020
Page	A1
Subjects	Veterans Day, World War II Veterans

ID	68613
Title of Article	WWII vet celebrating 100th birthday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Bob Kenaga; Bob Kenaga and family
Date	Sep 17, 2020
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Elkhart Natives

ID	64667
Title of Article	Veteran recalls WWII during 98th birthday celebration
Notes	Old Style Deli
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Arden Miller with friends and family
Date	November 13, 2018
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Miller, Arden, Birthday Party

ID	62879
Title of Article	County councilwoman receives congressional medal for father's WWII service
Notes	Ireneo Munoz
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tina Wenger receiving award from Major General Eldon Regua; WWII veteran Ireneo Munoz
Date	November 11, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Wenger, Tina, World War II Veterans, Awards

ID	62133
Title of Article	People of Elkhart: Jack Cooper
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Jack Cooper in his navy uniform
Date	July 3, 2017
Page	A7
Subjects	Elkhart County Historical Museum, World War II Veterans

ID	62008
Title of Article	WWII vet gets his diploma after 72 years
Notes	Charles Weber
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Charles Weber receives diploma; Charles Weber poses in cap and gown
Date	June 11, 2017
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Veterans, High School Graduates

ID	61507
Title of Article	Legislation proposed to benefit veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	March 10, 2017
Page	A3
Subjects	Walorski, Jackie, World War II Veterans, Veterans

ID	61067
Title of Article	Elkhart native recalls 'shock' of 1941
Notes	Pearl Harbor
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Walker
Date	December 7, 2016
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans

ID	60950
Title of Article	Elkhart WW II vets swap stories and reminisce on Veteran's Day
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Kermit Booth, Jimmy Eastburn, George Watt and Richard Osborne
Date	November 12, 2016
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Veterans Day, Veterans, World War II Veterans

ID	60113
Title of Article	D-Day and a war hero nobody knows
Notes	Robert Maley
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Robert Maley
Date	June 6, 2016
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans

ID	59042
Title of Article	'I was a frogman'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Willie Rose
Date	November 11, 2015
Page	A1, A6
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans

ID	57750
Title of Article	Ceremony recognizes 9 veterans added to World War II memorial
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	June 19, 2015
Page	C1
Subjects	Elkhart Municipal Building, World War II, World War II Veterans

ID	57622
Title of Article	Event to help veterans in need connect with services
Notes	'Military Veteran Stand Down with a Heart'
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	June 11, 2015
Page	A3
Subjects	Veterans, World War II Veterans, Peddlers Village

ID	57559
Title of Article	D-Day remembered 71 years later
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	June 6, 2015
Page	A3
Subjects	World War II Veterans, World War II

ID	57536
Title of Article	A vintage view of a bygone era
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Aircraft formation; Cole Kachadurian and Skylar Zenisek; Bill Creswell and Chester Cripe; Jeep in reenactment; cindy Herman
Date	June 3, 2015
Page	D1
Subjects	Veterans, Memorial Day, World War II Veterans

ID	57361
Title of Article	A striking operation
Notes	Salute to Veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Battle reenactment; Craig Morehead; Bill Creswell and Chester Cripe
Date	May 17, 2015
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Elkhart Municipal Airport

ID	57198
Title of Article	World War II to come alive in Elkhart
Notes	Craig Morehead; Salute to Veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Craig Morehead
Date	May 10, 2015
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Elkhart Municipal Airport

ID	54518
Title of Article	Mayor says WWII vet's name will go on memorial
Notes	Theresa Lewis asking to add father Leon Anglemyer to City Hall memorial
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Theresa Lewis
Date	June 25, 2014
Page	A1
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Government, Elkhart City, Moore, Dick (Mayor)

ID	54506
Title of Article	Woman lobbies to add father to memorial
Notes	Theresa Lewis asking to add father Leon Anglemyer to City Hall memorial
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Theresa Lewis
Date	June 23, 2014
Page	A1
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Government, Elkhart City

ID	54405
Title of Article	Local veteran remembers D-Day on 70th anniversary
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Kreager
Date	June 6, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Kreager, Robert

ID	53938
Title of Article	96-year-old man honored for rowing
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Randall
Date	March 27, 2014
Page	Page A3
Subjects	Randall, Paul, Rowing, World War II Veterans

ID	53193
Title of Article	Lane's WWII journey included orchard
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Lane
Date	November 6, 2013
Page	D6
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Lane, Loyal

ID	53140
Title of Article	Lenox was wounded in 1st week of combat
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Lenox
Date	October 30, 2013
Page	D6
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Lenox, Willard

ID	53130
Title of Article	Duvall helped wounded soldiers as part of World War II service
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Duvall
Date	October 29, 2013
Page	A3
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Duvall, Ronald

ID	53046
Title of Article	Elkhart native recalls his 34 military missions, D-Day
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Henderson
Date	October 15, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Henderson, Robert

ID	53000
Title of Article	He made a career of required service
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Miles
Date	October 8, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Miles, John

ID	52946
Title of Article	Randall didn't expect 4-year stay
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Randall
Date	October 1, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Randall, Paul

ID	52884
Title of Article	WAVES veteran recounts service
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Smith
Date	September 24, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Smith, Irene

ID	52782
Title of Article	'We were just kids'
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Vernon Garman
Date	September 10, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Garman, Vernon

ID	52746
Title of Article	Ortiz ended war as a POW
Notes	Part of â€˜War Storiesâ€™ series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Ortiz
Date	September 3, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Ortiz, Joseph

ID	52691
Title of Article	Anderson fixed B-17 bombers, cut hair on the side, in WWII
Notes	Part of 'War Stories' series of articles paying tribute to Elk. Co. veterans
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Anderson
Date	August 27, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Anderson, Russ

ID	52651
Title of Article	Three years, six months, 23 days and 17 minutes of a life at war
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Hardy
Date	August 21, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Hardy, Ed

ID	51696
Title of Article	Ind. Senate honors Elkhart WWII vet
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Donald Kiser & Sen. Carlin Yoder
Date	March 29, 2013
Page	A3
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans, Kiser, Donald

ID	49568
Title of Article	Elkhart men honored for their service at Pearl Harbor
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of Clement Hauger & Harold Helser
Date	December 8, 2011
Page	A3, A5
Subjects	World War II, World War II Veterans

ID	49425
Title of Article	World War II vet recalls war and post-war experiences
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Kenneth Wolf
Date	November 11, 2011
Page	A1, A7
Subjects	World War II Veterans, World War II

ID	49396
Title of Article	Female vets gather to recall war effort
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Celeste Hoffman and Mary Jane Buzolich
Date	November 2, 2011
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Veterans

ID	46429
Title of Article	It was 'never too late' for WWII veteran to take to the air again
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Norma Mitschelen in plane
Date	October 25, 2010
Page	A3
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Airplanes

ID	43967
Title of Article	A hero's family accepts medals that had been lost for decades
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of veteran
Date	December 13, 2009
Page	A1
Subjects	Bowers, George, World War II Veterans, Korean War, Veterans

ID	43409
Title of Article	He came home and quietly put his medals away
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of veteran
Date	November 12, 2009
Page	A1
Subjects	Metal Forming Corp., World War II Veterans, Korean War

ID	37290
Title of Article	Letters of love & war
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	April 2, 2008
Page	A1
Subjects	World War II Veterans, Butts, Clemence & Doris, Renner, Karen, Lilly Endowment Inc.

ID	30143
Title of Article	Real horror film
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of photographer
Date	September 2, 2007
Page	A3
Subjects	Bayliss, Thomas, Photographers, World War II Veterans

ID	29267
Title of Article	His story is history
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of veteran
Date	August 6, 2007
Page	A3
Subjects	Kline, Marie, World War II Veterans, Veterans

ID	22632
Title of Article	Country first
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of veterans
Date	November 11, 2006
Page	D1
Subjects	Veterans, Berkshire, June, World War II Veterans

ID	21533
Title of Article	WWII pilot reaches final resting place
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of pilot, family
Date	September 19, 2006
Page	A1
Subjects	Cameron, Robert H., 2nd Lt., World War II Veterans, Veterans

ID	21443
Title of Article	Questions remain to be answered for airman's son
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	September 18, 2006
Page	A1
Subjects	Cameron, Robert H., 2nd Lt., World War II Veterans, Veterans

ID	21441
Title of Article	WW II pilot's burial set for Monday
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	September 17, 2006
Page	A1
Subjects	Cameron, Robert H., 2nd Lt., World War II Veterans, Veterans

ID	19210
Title of Article	Funeral for war pilot postponed
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Karn
Date	June 10, 2006
Page	A1
Subjects	Cameron, Robert H., 2nd Lt., World War II Veterans, Karn, William

ID	19204
Title of Article	Long-lost remains of pilot recovered
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Cameron
Date	June 9, 2006
Page	A1
Subjects	Camerata Singers, World War II Veterans, Karn, William