By Josh StalochCORRESPONDENT GREEN BAY – When the World War II Memorial opened in Washington, D.C. in April of 2004, a need was created to get Veterans from across the country, many of whom were in their 80s at the time, to the nation’s capital to experience it. Out of this demand, the National Honor …
By Heather Graves Correspondent GREEN BAY – “The one thing I took away from it, and I told this to my kids, nothing opens your eyes more than facing death. You go through that and you become an altogether different person.” It’s passages like this from Korean War Marine veteran Bill Koch that fill the …
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By Melinda Anne Roberts Hobby historian and “Little Wisconsin” author HOWARD – On Feb. 18, 1919, on the family farm in Preble, on the east side of Green Bay, Lester Francis Rentmeester was born into a large family to parents of Flemish descent. His father was a schoolteacher and Les remembers his mother as a …
