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Archive Home > 2009 > May > 11 > Family visits Hanford ranch lost in 1943

Family visits Hanford ranch lost in 1943

Forced to leave by the Army, their ranch became part of WWII effort

By Annette Cary / The Bulletin
May 11, 2009

RICHLAND, Wash. — Ludwig Bruggemann was about 5 on the late winter day in 1943 when two jeeps drove up the road to his family’s ranch on the banks of the Columbia River.

Army officers with papers stepped out to say the words that would change his family’s life:....

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