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Eagle Scout reflects on his 1939 award

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Robert Buchanan, seated, displays a card from Boy Scout Troop 43 of Batavia where he received his Eagle Scout rank. Clare Buchanan holds the 1933 Batavia Troop 3 charter, which has her grandfather's name on it. Standing, from left, are Buchanan's brother Willard Buchanan; Drew Cunningham, Life Scout and senior patrol leader of Troop 33, Redlands, Calif.; Eagle Scouts Nathan Price and Conor Frasher; and Shawn Price, Eagle Scout and Troop 33 scoutmaster.

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Robert Buchanan earned his Eagle Scout designation in 1939 at Batavia Congregational Church. He went on to military service in World War II, getting wounded but surviving the landing in Normandy. Dave Heun catches up with Buchanan after he was recently honored in California, where he now lives.