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Taken from the pages of the Minnesota Legionnaire

	Legionnaire December 2008

			Minnesota Legionnaire

Vets Homes mark 1 year under MDVA The five Minnesota Veterans Homes marked the first year under the new governance system. The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs now runs the homes. Minnesota has 3 Nat'l chairmanships Minnesota still has three chairmanships of national committees following the appointments to National announced recently. Training session will feature Conatser Past National Commander Marty Conatser of Illinois will be at the Feb. 21-22 training session at Buffalo. All of the Legion Family is encouraged to attend. Flying B-17s at age 21 Bob Polich of Deerwood flew 29 missions before his Flying Fortress was knocked out of the sky over Germany Building Bridges for Patton Earl Hall was an engineering company commander working for Gen. Patton and his race across France and Germany. Protecting the convoys Lt. John Hobot and his platoon protected 80 convoys in Iraq during the Minnesotans' 16-month deployment. From E-2 up to Admiral Paul Norby started out his Navy career as a seaman second class. He ended up at the top A Two-Ocean War Jim Downey began the war on his LST at Omaha Beach. By the end of 1945, he had also visited Iwo Jima, Okinawa, China and Japan.

				Commander's Column The Month's Editorial Whats Happening!

		Mule Skinner Blues Avengers in the South Pacific Colvill at Gettysburg He was good with Machines Over and Under the sea K-3-5in the Pacific Jumping with the 82nd Freedom Fighter Advance With Audacity He Saw It Coming Black & White PBM Mariner A Road For The People MEDIC One Step Forward Wartime Pilot Time In Baghdad On Two Wings and a Prayer Serious About War Tank Driver The Survivor A Nurses Story Serving Stateside


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