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Robert Fowler had just graduated from Kern County Union High School, the campus that would later be known as Bakersfield High, when he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps at

Robert Fowler had just graduated high school when he joined the U.S. Army Air Corps at age 17. Nearly seven decades later, in 2012, he flew on the maiden voyage of Honor Flight Kern County and came home to Bakersfield, Calif., a changed man.

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The long-awaited World War II Memorial at Jastro Park was dedicated before a crowd of more than 1,000 people on Saturday, December 10th. The monument took five months to build.