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  • Battle of Bulge quilt honors veterans, father’s memory (~sniff~ kleenex needed ~sniff~)

    05/06/2005 6:42:48 PM PDT · by AZHua87 · 51 replies · 988+ views
    ARNEWS ^ | May 5, 2005 | Eric Cramer
    WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 5, 2005) -- Debbie Lehman Prohaska wanted to do something to honor her father, who had been Pfc. Harry Lehman when he was severely injured by a landmine during Operation Market Garden in 1944. “Dad came to me with these patches from uniforms, and said ‘I want you to make a quilt,’” she said. “Mom had quilted – I didn’t know how to quilt, but I told him I’d work it out.” Her father had given her the shoulder patches from several different units that saw action in World War II. He asked her to...