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WWII vet tells his story   February 18, 2021 This year marks the 75th anniversary of Wahkiakum VFW Post No. 5297, whose charter was signed on January 7, 1946, after young servicemen, who had returned to the community from foreign locales after World War II decided to form a local branch of the VFW, or Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Cathlamet resident Tom Irving, who is 98, was one of the charter members. “People wonder why there were so many of us,” Irving said. “We had people that worked down at the lumber mill and at the box factory, where they made cheese boxes.”

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