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Mar 2023
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03-29-2023 Community Focus Vietnam Veter...

HUBBARD RADIO NORTHERN MINNESOTA
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Our guests today were Mark Persons, Vietnam Veteran and Chaplain and Webmaster at the Brainerd VFW, and Dave Meyer, Vietnam Veteran and now Commander of the Crow Wing County Disabled American Veterans.

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