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Tyler Ditter

Tyler Ditter is a technical director on WPR’s “The Larry Meiller Show” and a member of the station’s engineering team.

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Yauo Yang (center) with a group of Iraqi soldiers that the U.S. Army Reserve would train to do security missions. (Courtesy of Yauo Yang)

May 4, 2021

How A Merrill Veteran’s Military Service Led Him To A Pastoral Vocation

For Yauo Yang, inclusion is a guiding principle. He moved to Wisconsin as a child and went on to join the Army National Guard, where he taught fellow U.S. soldiers ...

Everett "Doc" Wood (l) in Vietnam and Jim Blankenheim (r) at Phu Loc 6 where they were about to move their battalion to Phu Bai Combat Base during Mardi Gras in February 1968. (Photos courtesy of Everett Wood and Jim Blankenheim)

April 6, 2021

‘I’m Glad We Made It Through’: Vietnam Veterans Look Back On Service Together

James Blankenheim of Madison, Wisconsin and Everett Wood of Vincennes, Indiana are friends who served together during the Vietnam War. Blankenheim enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and Wood was ...

Jon and Jo Ann Schedler (Courtesy of Maj. Jo Ann Schedler)

March 2, 2021

Army Veteran Reflects On Service, Founding Mohican Veterans Group

Retired Maj. Jo Ann Schedler's family was fighting in wars long before the U.S. military existed. This is one reason the nurse joined the U.S. Army Reserve later in life, ...

Maureen McCollum2021-02-25T16:12:44+00:00