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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The Mennonites Meet the Tsar

This community in central Kansas traces their lineage to the Netherlands, Poland and the Ukraine.  During their journey it was a chance meeting with one…

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Posted in American Countryside California

Liberation from a POW Camp

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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Posted in American Countryside California

Strange Messages in the Night

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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Posted in American Countryside California

Becoming the POW Doctor

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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Posted in American Countryside California

Sy Brenner 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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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Finding the Signature in the Cave

Imagine looking through 250,000 signatures, in dark narrow passages with a flashlight in an effort to find where one very famous person had left their…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Hannibal’s Famous Cave

There are plenty of caves to visit in this country, but this one just happened to be explored many times by one boy who grew…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

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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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

The Large Bottle of Ketchup

If you are one of those folks who will put ketchup on just about anything, head to Collinsville, IL.  If this bottle is full, you…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Son Tay Raid & Its Impact Today

Some would say the raid on the Son Tay prison camp in North Vietnam in 1970 was a failure.  Yet, the raid has been used…

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