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3 Flags For Tony Wagner

JBelle, the mysterious grand dame of HucksOnline, took a break from her busy day to purchase and place three flags at the grave site of WW2 veteran Tony Wagner, who died in 1996 of cancer related to radiation exposure from the atom bomb testing in the Marshal Islands. JBelle said some veterans graves had flags. But Tony's didn't. On Monday, HucksOnline told the story, from Tony's son, Dave, how the grave of the World War II seaman had been passed over during the flag distribution to veterans on Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Thanks to JBelle, that didn't happen this year.



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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