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95-year-old veteran gets Quilt of Valor

Retired Major Dale Roenneburg examines his Quilt of Valor in the basement of his Brodhead home. He was given the quilt made by the local Sugar River Quilters group during a ceremony at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Brodhead on March 18. Roenneburg served 23 years in the United States Army before retiring in 1965. (Times photo: Adam Krebs)

Retired Major Dale Roenneburg examines his Quilt of Valor in the basement of his Brodhead home. He was given the quilt made by the local Sugar River Quilters group during a ceremony at St. Peters Lutheran Church in Brodhead on March 18. Roenneburg served 23 years in the United States Army before retiring in 1965. (Times photo: Adam Krebs)

BRODHEAD - Major Dale Roenneburg used to watch the National Guard at the armory in Monroe when he was a youngster growing up in the early 1940s. By 1943, in the midst of World War II, he felt a calling to join.