When Paul Short, 70, of Little Falls read the feature on Iwo Jima veteran, Ken Stevens, in a past issue of the Morrison County Record, he recognized the last name.
Short contacted Stevens and after visiting with him at his home in Long Prairie, Short discovered the connection.
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