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A Veteran Passes: Stanley Butryn

Monday, January 12, 2009

I received a request to post some informational about a veteran who recently died, which I’m glad to do here. His name is Stanley Butryn, a naval aviator for 20 years. Piloting a Hellcat from the USS Franklin, he scored 4.5 kills and also participated in the recovery of downed pilots, among them [...]

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A veteran passes: Quentin Aanenson

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

So I was thumbing through the pages of the Frederick News-Post this afternoon and noticed a curious obituary.
“That’s  Quentin Aanenson,” I thought.
Those who viewed Ken Burns’ The War know that Aanenson played a key role in that narrative.  A more detailed article about his death is here from a Minnesota paper.  The link is worth a visit [...]

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A Veteran Passes: William Lee

Monday, November 10, 2008

About seven years ago, I met Bill Lee.  Bill recently died after complications from a stroke.  He was a Navy veteran of both World War II and Korea.
About a year ago, Bill fabricated a hitch for my VW bus out scraps laying around his welding shop.  I watched the whole episode in awe as he [...]

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