The story of the 50-year-old patch board, now hanging in the new Northwoods Veterans Post
Share: Corey Dornbrack, Sr. Vice Commander, VFW; Michelle Rathke, Jr. Vice Commander, State VFW; service dog "Creek," Arnold "Vic" Viljevac, Commander, VFW; Elroy "Heinie" Lemke, WWII veteran; and Ralph Wangen, past Commander, VFW. TINA L. SCOTT EDITOR In 1971, Elroy “Heinie” Lemke and his wife, Jane, donated a patch board display case to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Schmitt-Manecke-Donner Post 1638 in Merrill. The board was built by Heinie in the basement of his home using hardwood. “One thing I’m proud of –” Heinie said 50 years later, a...
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