The Bravest Guy book chronicles Don Wedener’s life
Alexandra Connor writes about Don Wedener a World War II veteran from Dyersville who lost both legs and his eyesight after a battlefield blast. The book, The Bravest Guy, is by his son Harry Wedener, a Maryland resident and retired Navy commander, and highlights Wedener’s advocacy work for the blind in Florida and nationally.
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Following a Father's War Footsteps and Books of Hope
A speaker reflects on Harry and Don Wedener and wartime records from Missouri Texas Pennsylvania and Germany. The book discusses invisible wounds from PTSD once called shell shock and the culture of silence in the Army. The message urges never giving up and holding optimism and persistence through dark times.
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Youthful Kennedy’s teen pranks revealed in exhibit
A Boston exhibit marks John F. Kennedy’s 100th birth anniversary with 40 Kennedy relics from Choate Rosemary Hall scrapbook pages to Harvard and London years. The display shows his love of history, music, and football, plus early notes such as a 1934 Oct. 19 diary line about a farmer. Stacey Bredhoff notes the items reveal his younger self before Congress and the presidency.
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