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Letters: Lifesaving mission during World War II stopped a famine

During World War II Operation Chowhound dropped food into the Netherlands to stop a famine. ....

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Clevelanders' heroic anti-hunger WW II mission shows what's possible if the need is great: William Lambers

Imagine the relief of Jan Van Galen’s family and many others in German-occupied Netherlands to see that precious food falling from the sky, saving them from the relentless foe of hunger. Operation Chowhound shows us that we can fight famine today, if we have the will, writes guest columnist William Lambers, a Cincinnati author who writes frequently on world hunger issues. ....

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Tin of cheese provides family with link to wartime memories

KINGSTON “I think we’re going to need an axe,” Hennie Vanderveer said, putting down the electric carving knife. ....

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Author's journey connects her with Maine veteran and World War II pilot

Author’s journey connects her with Maine veteran and World War II pilot
Loretto Thompson says the more than 500 letters her father wrote during his service in the Army Air Corps led her to Roger Sundin, a.k.a. ‘Big Sundin,’ the man she credits with saving her father s life in May of 1945.
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Pilot Roger W. Sundin is on the left, front row, in this photo of the B-17 crew. Frank G. Thompson, radio operator, is second from right in the back row. Thompson wrote letters home and often mentioned his pilot, Sundin, which led his daughter to Sundin, now 97 years old. ....

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