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TellTale: Dakota Folklife and Stories

Veterans: Marvin Ewert 3

By Bill Thomas
Published October 20, 2021 at 5:11 PM CDT

Marvin Ewert, I’m From Mom’s Potato Pancakes, U.S. Army (Korean War).

Marvin Ewert, I’m From Mom’s Potato Pancakes, U.S. Army (Korean War), Silver Star and Purple Heart Recipient, Lakota, ND (Episode 3 of 3): Four major campaigns in the Korean War resulted in the awarding of a Purple Heart and a Silver Star for Gallantry in Action. This audio is part of a special thread within the TellTale series that honors veterans and military service. It features memories sparked by the creation of an auto-biographical poem used in the exhibit Poetic Portraits: The Lives of Veterans.

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