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Medal ceremony • Bernard Hoffman of Chambers (second from right) shakes hands with John Hilgert, director of Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs. Hoffman and other Holt and Boyd County World War II veterans were recognized Friday in O'Neill. Ken Stenka (left), county veterans service officer, and Scott Menish (right), O'Neill mayor, also take part in the ceremony.
They're known as The Greatest Generation.
On Friday, six Nebraskans who served in World War II were recognized at the Holt County Courthouse Annex in O'Neill. Each received a medal and certificate marking the 80th anniversary of WWII's end, part of a program introduced by Gov. Jim PIllen and the Nebraska Department of Veterans' Affairs.
Bernard Hoffman, of Chambers, and John Schultz, of O'Neill, attended the ceremony.
John Hilgert, NDVA director; Scott Menish, O'Neill mayor; and Ken Stenka, Holt County Veteran Service Officer presented the awards.
Schultz, 98, an Army veteran from 1945 - 1947,...
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