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The Hero Next Door®
Welcome to the Web site for the non-fiction book "The Hero Next Door®: Stories from Wisconsin's World War II Veterans."
Soldier Engineer James Church
Portage, Wis. & Elk River, Minn.
U.S. Army
May 1943 - January 1946

**Web-Exclusive Profile**
WOUNDED SURVIVOR--- James A. Duncan
Madison, Wis.

Distinguished Trooper James L. Geach
Island Lake, Hurley, Wis.
U.S. Army, 82nd Airborne, 325th Glider Infantry Pathfinders/Paratrooper
December 1942 - September 1945

Combat Lineman Norton Hubbard
Middleton, Wis.
U.S. Army, Signal Corps
September 1942 - December 1945

Flying Boater George Kinsler
Tomahawk, Wis.
U.S. Navy
June 1941 - December 1945

Island Fighter Russ Kohloff
Beloit, Wis.
U.S. Marine Corps
January 1942 - November 1945

Hometown Pilot Lt. Col. Garvin Kowalke (USAF ret.)
Baraboo, Wis. & Universal City, Texas
U.S. Army Air Corps & US Air Force
1942 - November 1970

Battered Jumper Joe Reilly
Janesville, Wis.
U.S. Army
March 1943 - December 1945

Fighting Brothers Archie & Gerald Sanderson
Elroy, Wis.
U.S. Army Engineers & US Air Force, respectively
1942 - 1945

Soldier By Trade Gene Skaar
Cottage Grove, Wis.
U.S. Army
January 1943 - December 1945

Pearl Harbor Shooter Clyde Stephenson
Appleton, Wis.
U.S. Marine Corps
1940 - January 1946

Airman Adrift John Topolski
South Milwaukee, Wis..
U.S. Army Air Corps
January 1943 - December 1945

Presidential Pilot Ernie Tresch
Oregon, Wis.
U.S. Army Air Corps
Nov. 7, 1941 - April 1, 1948

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