Howard Fish story -- From the Mediterranean to Minnesota -- Father Bill goes to war and on to the G.I. Bill -- A good doctor -- Fata Buna -- Wings clipped -- Karole Farley: all that freedom -- So what else do you want? -- Bravura storytelling -- A satisfied life -- 56 -- A sacred heart -- Making the best of hard times -- My grandma Lucy -- I will come back -- Searching for Norman -- Walter Halloran, combat photographer -- Maggie's farm -- Camp Gegoka -- My youth in St. Paul -- Children of the Great Depression -- The Farmers' Holiday Association -- The Erickson homestead: Watson, MN -- Coney Island of the west -- Fabulous duty! Fabulous duty! -- Eiler Henrickson: a gentleman of great magnitude -- An ordinary man-- an extraordinary life -- Red Tail reborn -- La busta: I'm here to pay it -- We could even see their faces -- Greatest generation, Early Bonde -- Recollections -- Mac, my father -- Portraits of Neil Bain and Rose Newpower.