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A Thousand Miles for a Few Cent Refund

Some of you may well remember the days of returning soda bottles to the store to get a few cents refund.  People are still doing…

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The 10-2 and 4 Campaign

There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your health.  But one study actually…

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Shoot Me A Waco

If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant.  They’d actually be asking for…

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A Place to Park a Plane

When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only thing in the building. In…

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A POW’s Liberation

Life inside a POW camp in Germany was a struggle for survival.  Yet inside the barbed wire and the horrific experiences Sy Brenner encountered, there…

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Delivering Secret WW II Messages

Sy Brenner was an American soldier captured by the Germans and held in a POW camp.  He was fearful his captors would learn of his…

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A Doctor Inside a POW Camp

Sy Brenner served as a medic during World War II.  However, he was about to be asked to serve in the role of doctor.  He…

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The Night Sy Brenner was KIA

November 29th, 1944 was the night Sy Brenner was killed in action in southern France.  At least that’s what many eye witnesses reported.  However, his…

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Heading to War

Over the next five days you’ll hear an amazing story about one American POW during World War II.  We are not only grateful to him…

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Ketchup or Catsup?

Today we call it “ketchup.”  But there was once a segment of this nation that knew it as “catsup.”  Today we visit with a man…

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