Recent News - 2026

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  Vets featured in Waterloo Halloween spirit walk

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  Verle Buck survived June 6, 1944. He died June 7 2018 - D-Day plus 74 years and one day. He never forgot that June 6 when he and thousands of others became men or memories on a beach called Omaha in the pivotal World War II invasion of Normandy, France.

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  Disabled C.F. vet's gold star tribute nearly done

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Monday, October 5, 2026

  Taylor Morris aims for Veterans Day completion of Cedar Falls honor to families of fallen

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  Cresco, Howard County 'rock it' for vets

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Monday, September 14, 2026

  Howard County Freedom Rock honors multiple generations of veterans

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  Late Iowa sailors saved Vietnam refugees in '54

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Wednesday, August 12, 2026

  Sailors from Waterloo, Solon served in Operation Passage to Freedom

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  Citizenship dream came true for Waterloo soldier

  Posted by Pat Kinney on Tuesday, July 28, 2026

  Hector Salamanca Arroyo became an American citizen in Africa while serving America as a soldier. He just marked his fifth Fourth of July as a U.S. citizen - even though he's lived in this country since he was a toddler, most of that time in Iowa.

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