Minnesota's Greatest Generation lived through it all. The result is a rich variety of life stories -- tragic to heroic -- that provides a lasting legacy for future generations. Read stories of life during "The Greatest Generation" years.

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Part II: Adventures of a Minnesota Native 10/25/2009

A Farm Wife by Doris Nehring 10/01/2009

Assistant Adjutant General Leon H. Hagen 10/01/2009

Part X: An Interview with a Former WAC by Helen Jeffrey and Eleanor Stoddard 09/14/2009

Part IX: An Interview with a Former WAC by Helen Jeffrey and Eleanor Stoddard 09/14/2009

Mary Spencer 08/03/2009

Mr. Brown 07/20/2009

C. Beck 07/20/2009

Rosalie Wahl: A Vision for a Better World 07/20/2009

Soap Box Derby Champion: Boy Makes Good 07/20/2009

First Lady of Minnesota: Mrs. Jane Freeman 07/20/2009

Marianne Hamilton: A Voice of Peace 07/20/2009

Skating the Pacific to Europe 07/20/2009

A Satisfied Life: The Legacy of Ted Wryk and Minnesota's Greatest Generation 07/20/2009

Part II: Ray Christensen - The War and Beyond 06/17/2009

Part V: World War II and Korean Conflict Memoirs Commander Philip W. Rowberg, UNSR Retired 05/28/2009

Eventide 05/28/2009

Part III: Ken Fritz - New Life for the Family Farm 05/18/2009

Part II: Ken Fritz - New Life for the Family Farm 05/18/2009

Part I: Ken Fritz - New Life for the Family Farm 05/18/2009

91 Years Old and Can't Complain 05/07/2009

Part I: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - Election Night 04/29/2009

Living on Cedar Avenue - 1946 04/28/2009

Joining the Infantry During World War II 04/27/2009

From the Farm to the Railway 04/27/2009

The Girls Club 04/24/2009

Art Nesse - A Life Well Travelled 04/24/2009

Jane von Behren 04/20/2009

Wayne Leisman 04/20/2009

Sylvan Odegard: Farmer, Mechanic and More 04/20/2009

From Canada to Stillwater, The Bodnars 04/20/2009

David Spencer, A Teacher for Life! 04/20/2009

Mary's Story 04/20/2009

Depression Childhood to Air Force Wife! 04/16/2009

How Code-breaking Shortened the War: John McCallister’s Story 04/16/2009

Sylvia Love meets Bill McCormack 04/16/2009

Part I: Betty Mann - Life in Luverne 04/14/2009

Jane C. Freeman Timeline 04/08/2009

Part VII: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - Re-election Campaigns, 1959-1960 04/02/2009

Part VI: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - Re-election Campaigns, 1959-1960 04/02/2009

Part V: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - Goodwill Tour 04/02/2009

Part IV: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - Goodwill Tour 04/02/2009

Part III: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - State Centennial 04/02/2009

Part II: Jane C. Freeman - Minnesota's First Lady - Re-election Campaigns 04/02/2009

Part II: Jane C. Freeman - New Parents 04/02/2009

Jane C. Freeman - Return to Washington, DC 04/02/2009

Jane C. Freeman - The Girl Scouts 04/02/2009

Part III: Jane C. Freeman - The Johnson Administration - Vietnam 04/02/2009

Part II: Jane C. Freeman - The Johnson Administration 04/02/2009

Part I: Jane C. Freeman - The Johnson Administration 04/02/2009

Part V: Jane C. Freeman - The Kennedy Administration - The Assassination 04/02/2009

Part IV: Jane C. Freeman - The Kennedy Administration - The Assassination 04/02/2009

Part III: Jane C. Freeman - The Kennedy Administration - First Lady of Agriculture 04/02/2009

Part II: Jane C. Freeman - The Kennedy Administration: Inauguration 04/02/2009

Part I: Jane C. Freeman - The Kennedy Administration 04/02/2009

Part III: Jane C. Freeman - The Politician's Wife 04/02/2009

Part II: Jane C. Freeman - The Politican's Wife 04/02/2009

Part I: Jane C. Freeman - The Politician's Wife 04/02/2009

Jane C. Freeman - Bringing Up Baby 04/02/2009

Jane C. Freeman - Life in a Quonset Hut 04/02/2009

Part I: Jane C. Freeman - New Parents 04/02/2009

Coach Murray Warmath 03/16/2009

Part II: Knock, Knock, Who's There? 03/13/2009

Part I: Knock, Knock, Who's There? 03/13/2009

Part XXII: John LaVine - Epilogue 03/11/2009

Part XXI: John LaVine - Discharge & Home 03/11/2009

Part VI: Wayne & Dorothy Dirksen - The Post-War Years 03/04/2009

My Mother's Kitchen 02/20/2009

Part VII: Christmas Remembered 02/19/2009

Part VI: Christmas Remembered 02/19/2009

Part V: Christmas Remembered 02/19/2009

Part IV: Christmas Remembered 02/19/2009

Part VIII: Transportation 02/10/2009

Part VI: Transportation 02/10/2009

Part V: Transportation 02/10/2009

Part IV: Transportation 02/10/2009

Part III: Transportation 02/10/2009

Ben Walters: Life Has Been Good 02/05/2009

Wildwood 01/26/2009

Accident Prone? 01/20/2009

Part VI: Jean Johnson 01/08/2009

Part V: Jean Johnson 01/08/2009

Part IV: Jean Johnson 01/08/2009

Part III: Jean Johnson 01/08/2009

Part II: Jean Johnson 01/08/2009

Part I: Jean Johnson 01/08/2009

Part VII: Wayne & Dorothy Dirksen - The Post-War Years 01/08/2009

Part II: E. Richard Haglund 01/07/2009

Part I: Bob & Marlys Miller 01/07/2009

Part V: Ed & Helen Bowers - Happy At Last 01/07/2009

Friendly Fridley Memories 12/22/2008

Part III: My Faith Journey 12/22/2008

Part II: My Faith Journey 12/22/2008

Part V: Jack Rattunde: The Battle for Iwo Jima 11/18/2008

Part 2: The Ordinary and Extraordinary Life of Grandpa Walter Griffin 11/14/2008

Part XIII: Roland S. Larson's WWII Navy Experience 11/10/2008

Part XIV: Roland S. Larson: Sixty Years Later 11/10/2008

Part XI: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part XIII: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part V: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part III: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part XIV: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part XII: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part VI: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part IV: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part II: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part I: Arthur Pejsa, Rocket Scientist 10/31/2008

Part IX: An Interview with the Balach Brothers 10/24/2008

Part VIII: Gertrude Esteros - Post War Changes 10/22/2008

Part VII: Gertrude Esteros - Women and War 10/22/2008

Part III: John R. Finnegan, Sr. - My Story 10/02/2008

1945 The Post War Years 09/30/2008

Part III: Russ' World War II Story 09/26/2008

Part XI: Ed's U.S. Navy Story 09/26/2008

Teaching in St. Paul's Jefferson Elementary School 08/25/2008

Teaching in St.Paul at Groveland Park School 08/25/2008

Cloud of Dreams 07/21/2008

Anti-aircraft Gunner in Europe 07/15/2008

Part VIII: Autobiography of Edward Viska 06/25/2008

Part IX: Autobiography of Edward Viska 06/25/2008

Chocolate Lover 06/09/2008

Warren's Memories 05/22/2008

Keith Ziegler 04/18/2008

Early Minnesota Jazz 04/08/2008

Part III: Sam Dower: Christmas Daze 03/26/2008

Leo Malecha: From Plows to the Pacific 03/25/2008

Part XXVII: Earle Maynard: Going Home 03/25/2008

Part VI: Autobiography of Arthur Erler 03/10/2008

Part IV: Autobiography of Arthur Erler 03/10/2008

Part V: Autobiography of Arthur Erler 03/10/2008

Part III: Autobiography of Arthur Erler 03/10/2008

Keeping Up with the Bills 03/10/2008

Part III – A Fishy Story: Joseph LeRoi Fish, Jr. 03/03/2008

Palawan, The Philippines 02/28/2008

Part II: After World War II 02/28/2008

Part I: After World War II 02/28/2008

Carl A. Kuhrmeyer: Post-War at the U of M 02/15/2008

My Best Friend and His Family 01/30/2008

Part X: Roland S. Larson's WWII Navy Experience 01/28/2008

Part XII: Roland S. Larson's WWII Navy Experience 01/28/2008

Growing Up In St.Paul 01/22/2008

Post War Years 01/22/2008

Brainerd Crime Fighter 01/11/2008

Carl A. Kuhrmeyer: The Start of a Promising Career 01/08/2008

USS Ward - First U.S. Shot of the Pacific War 01/02/2008

Part II: The Life of Florence R. Pierce 12/20/2007

Part II: An Evening With One of Our Greatest 12/17/2007

A Nurse's Story 12/13/2007

Louis Marchetti 12/13/2007

Part III: Soapbox Derbies and Soda Fountains - Memories of Setzer's Pharmacy 12/10/2007

Part IV: Soapbox Derbies and Soda Fountains - Memories of Setzer's Pharmacy 12/10/2007

Part II: Soapbox Derbies and Soda Fountains - Memories of Setzer's Pharmacy 12/10/2007

Part I: Soapbox Derbies and Soda Fountains - Memories of Setzer's Pharmacy 12/10/2007

Remembering - An Interview 12/04/2007

Part II: Cardboard Shoes and Buttoned Underwear 11/30/2007

Part IV: Marietta Neumann: Rebuilding the Farm in the Post-war Years 11/08/2007

Maintenance Mechanic in Europe 11/01/2007

Back to Bellingham/ A New Experience 10/30/2007

Ramona Heikkinen: A Career and A Family 10/30/2007

Part II: Wallace Heikkinen: Hard Work & Community Service 10/30/2007

Part I: Wallace Heikkinen: Hard Work & Community Service 10/30/2007

Peace, War, and the Education of a Peasant 10/23/2007

Memories of the Past 10/10/2007

Art Sethre: War Crimes Trials to Medicine 09/04/2007

Thomas Byrne: Aviator and Mayor 09/04/2007

Lois Nyman: Working During the War, and Then Some 09/04/2007

Kenneth Newman: Serving in Post-War Japan to Programming Computers 08/30/2007

In the Navy 08/21/2007

Part II: World War II & Korean War Memories 08/21/2007

Part II: We Served And Did Our Duty - Post-War Trials & Triumphs 08/21/2007

Part IV: Remembering Augie: MIA in Korea 08/21/2007

Part III: Remembering Augie: MIA in Korea 08/21/2007

Part II: Remembering Augie: MIA in Korea 08/21/2007

Part II: Diary 08/21/2007

Lila's Dress Shop 08/16/2007

Part III: John Larkin: The Mall and Post-War Travels 07/10/2007

Part III: In Bud's Honor 07/09/2007

Part II: In Bud's Honor 07/09/2007

Part I: In Bud's Honor 07/09/2007

Part II: Three Years in the Army, 1943-1945 06/28/2007

Part III: Being Limited Service 06/26/2007

Part II: Being Limited Service 06/26/2007

Part II: Chris Donaldson: The Korean War 06/18/2007

Ingeburg Knoop: Coming to the United States after the war 06/18/2007

Betty Bryan, Educator 05/31/2007

Bemidji, Minnesota in the 1950s 05/01/2007

Starting a New Family 04/30/2007

You Can't Take the Girl Out of the Country 04/27/2007

Joy 04/16/2007

Nursing 101 04/09/2007

Family Ties 03/28/2007

A First Taste of Segregation 03/26/2007

"You're in the Army Now, Not Behind the Plow!" 03/23/2007

A View of the War From the Country 03/23/2007

We Moved a Total of Thirteen Times! 03/23/2007

My Father's Store 03/23/2007

Black Segregation in the Army 03/23/2007

Schoolteacher in the Great Depression 03/23/2007

My Memories Through The 30s, 40s and 50s 03/08/2007

Part Time through Time 03/06/2007

Part II: Boy From Brooklyn 03/01/2007

Part I: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/26/2007

Part V: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part XIV: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part XIII: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part XII: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part XI: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part X: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part IX: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part VIII: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part VII: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part VI: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part IV: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part III: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

Part II: An Anniversary (Korea, 1952) 02/23/2007

The Tough Got Going 02/21/2007

Life in Marshall, Through the Years 02/02/2007

Favorite Memories: Post-War Years 01/19/2007

Part IV: A Woman, A WAVE 01/16/2007

Part III: WW II in the South Pacific 01/10/2007

Post-War Housekeeping Trials 01/05/2007

St. Paul's Episcopal Church in St. Paul 01/03/2007

Long-term Investing 01/03/2007

Part II: My First Car(s) 12/06/2006

An Amazing Country Congregation 12/06/2006

Part II: My Greatest Influences 11/20/2006

Part III: My Greatest Influences 11/20/2006

Story of two nurses, French and American 10/31/2006

Part I: My Greatest Influences 10/31/2006

The Pumpkin Man 09/25/2006

Nurse's training 09/05/2006

One More Adoption 08/18/2006

Part III - I Wanted To Fly! 08/11/2006

Lessons Leading to Serenity 07/28/2006

Growing Pains 07/28/2006

Inherited Talents 07/24/2006

Lives of Service 07/20/2006

Babies in Our Home 07/07/2006

Our Family Grows Larger 07/07/2006

Exploring New Adventures 06/27/2006

A Bachelor & A Father? 06/20/2006

Life's Layer Cake (Frosting of Love) 06/19/2006

Bellingham, My First Teaching Year 06/19/2006

Life's Layer Cake (Top Layer - COLLEGE) 06/15/2006

Life's Layer Cake (Bottom Layer - WORK) 06/15/2006

My Life and Contributions 06/12/2006

Four Generation Home 05/31/2006

OPERATION CROSSROADS-ATOMIC BOMB TESTS IN 1946 05/22/2006

From Farm Girl to Flight Nurse 03/21/2006

A Full Life 03/21/2006

A Sense of Rightful Purpose 03/21/2006

Part XV: Remembrances in a Rug 02/21/2006

Peacetime Army 02/01/2006

Part XI: Working Toward My "P.H.T." Degree 01/31/2006

Part XII: Tears and Triumphs of the 1950s 01/31/2006

Merlyn: a husband, a father, and my best friend 01/13/2006

Then & Now 01/12/2006

The World after War 01/12/2006

Blast from the Past! 01/12/2006

Lawrence's Life 01/12/2006

Memories of Street Cars, Frogtown, etc. 11/08/2005

Just An Ordinary Soldier 10/25/2005

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