Published June 04, 2009, 07:29 AM
Viewpoint: Remember the heroes of D-Day
On May 26, 1943, Red Wing high school senior Richard Ekholm celebrated his 18th birthday and days later walked across the Sheldon Auditorium stage in cap and gown. Just two months later, he boarded a Greyhound Bus destined for Fort Snelling where he joined the U.S. Army.By: John Kline, Viewpoint Writer, Woodbury Bulletin
