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Archive Home > 2003 > November > 11 > A tribute to veterans

A tribute to veterans

Local soldiers recall their days afield

By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
November 11, 2003

James Hampton, 83, a naval aircraft mechanic in World War II, scanned the pages of his war scrapbook. It's filled with photos of his regiment, meal passes, maps and letters of citation.

Seated across from him in their La Pine home, Hampton's wife, Vera, 79, flipped through her own scrapbook of....

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