HUCKLEBERRIES: Prepared to die, but lived long lives
World War II veterans Jim Shepperd, left, and Earl Hunter pose for a photo after discussing how the atom bomb changed their lives in 2005.
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Eiko Alby in 1995 recalls being a teen entertainer on a Japanese cruise ship when she saw an atomic bomb blast.
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Bing Crosby, right, endorses U.S. Senate candidate Herman Welker at a lunch in Coeur d'Alene in 1950.
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President George H.W. Bush, left, congratulates Coeur d’Alene Mayor Ray Stone at a White House ceremony in 1990.
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From left, Dennis Wheeler, Mayor Ray Stone and Brad Dugdale represent Coeur d’Alene at an All-American City ceremony in 1990.
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Edith Williams exercises on her 103rd birthday in 2005.
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Director Kay Kindig of the Panhandle Health District kisses a pig in 2005.
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AAA official David Guilbert, left, presents a plaque for pedestrian safety to Police Chief George Lenz as Rotarian O.W. Edmonds looks on in 1965.
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Elsa Shern of Twin Lakes arranges dried flowers for the Outdoors Arts & Crafts Festival at McEuen Field (now known as Art on the Green) in 1970.
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Marcus D. Wright constructed the Wright Building in 1915, which now serves as the Harris-Dean Insurance office.
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Jim Shepperd and Earl Hunter expected to die.
On Aug. 6, 1945, the sailor, the chaplain and 3,000 fighters were aboard a ship headed to fight Japan when an American bomber dropped “Little Boy.”
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