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Article posted: 4/19/2012 8:16 AM

Honor Flight Chicago to take Bartlett veterans to visit WWII Memorial

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Ernie Reynolds enlisted in the armed services in 1943 and served with the 249th Combat Engineers Battalion, which later became part of General Patton's Third Army.

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Ernie Reynolds today.

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Wisconsin farm girl Wanda Cukla served as a baker in the Army.

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Wanda Cukla today.

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World War II Army veterans and Bartlett residents Wanda Cukla, 91, and Ernie Reynolds, 87, are preparing for an all-expense-paid trip of a lifetime. The two will fly to Washington, D.C., where they will visit the National World War II Memorial and tour the countrys capital.

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