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A Milwaukee native, Pekrul signed up for the U.S. Army at Boys Tech High School (now Bradley Tech), according to an interview with the War Memorial Center that he gave as part of the Wisconsin ...
A 98-year-old Second World War veteran took to the stage at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday and declared that if Donald Trump were president, he’d go back and re-enlist in the ...
World War II veteran William Pekrul speaks during the third day of the Republican National Convention at Fiserv Forum. The third day of the RNC focus on foreign policy and threats.
The 1952 Republican National Convention was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois from July 7 to 11, 1952, and nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, nicknamed "Ike", for president and Richard M. Nixon of California for vice president. The Republican platform pledged to end the unpopular war in Korea, supported the ...
The 1972 Republican National Convention was held from August 21 to August 23, 1972, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida. It nominated President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew for reelection. The convention was chaired by House minority leader and future Nixon successor Gerald Ford of Michigan.
Jones was born in Beloit, Wisconsin, to Lillian Jones, a Sunday School teacher and Arthur Joseph Jones Sr., a factory worker and World War II veteran. [6] He graduated from high school in 1967. He joined the United States Army in 1969 and served in Vietnam for one year during the Vietnam War .
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Ballots. 6. ‹ 1936 · 1944 ›. The 1940 Republican National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from June 24 to June 28, 1940. It nominated Wendell Willkie of New York for president and Senator Charles McNary of Oregon for vice president. The contest for the 1940 Republican presidential nomination was wide-open.