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Parting Shot — 9.29.10

Duane Rasmussen snapped this photo of World War II hero Vernon Baker during the 2009 Paul Bunyan Days Parade in St. Maries. Rasmussen tells Huckleberries Online that Baker allowed him to take the photo only after he allowed Baker to take one of him. Sez Duane of the Medal of Honor winner who died this summer: "He was and remains a real American hero."



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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