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The words of a World War II prisoner of war from Normal show a grim situation filled with privation, guard brutality, and occasional diversions. This comes from Robert S. Hall’s wartime journal, recently donated to the McLean County Museum of History.
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A woman from Normal is marking the anniversary of D-Day by sharing her late husband's story.
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Lena Doering was just 5 years old in 1940, when Germany, under Adolf Hitler, invaded Romania, where her family lived. They were rounded up and put on a train heading out of the country.
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The McLean County Museum of History is about to rededicate a memorial honoring the 336 McLean County men and women who gave their lives for freedom during World War II.
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The U.S. military used DNA analysis to identity the body of John Ferguson of Flanagan. Ferguson was 20 when he died as a prisoner of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippine Islands. He will be buried Oct. 1 in Gridley.