Bloom Archives
Army
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Gene Shipp: Veteran of Three Wars
Gene Shipp, who turned 100 in March, is an Army veteran of three major wars: World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam…
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Bloom’s Greatest Hits–Marc Haggerty: Activist
(From Bloom’s October/November 2012 issue) Marc Haggerty, 64, elder statesman of Bloomington’s counterculture, grew up hunting, fishing, and playing guitar in the countryside south…
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Cookbook by Army Wife Brings People Together
Lynn Wilson pens theme party cookbook to help military families.
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Feature Story: Iraq War Veteran Mike Ogden
BY MIKE LEONARD, PHOTOGRAPHY BY TYAGAN MILLER Two days into his deployment in eastern Baghdad in October 2006, United States Army Major Mike Ogden’s…
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Mac Fleming, 
Army Photographer Recorded Allied Victory 
in WWII
BY STEVE RAYMER Mac Fleming, 94, describes himself as “just an amateur photographer having fun.” His tiny apartment on Bloomington’s west side doubles as…