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The Good Life – July-August 2020

In this special 7 year anniversary issue of The Good Life Men's Magazine we honor our veterans and military heroes, sharing their remarkable stories once more. We are forever grateful to those who have sacrificed so much for our freedoms.

In this special 7 year anniversary issue of The Good Life Men's Magazine we honor our veterans and military heroes, sharing their remarkable stories once more. We are forever grateful to those who have sacrificed so much for our freedoms.

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LOCAL HERO | WILBERT SCHEFFLER

He recalled one time early in the time in Korea: “I was

so lucky … I was on the north side of Arsenal Hill – I

moved out in the open so that I could see and I no more

than moved and a mortar round came. I was buried

under the rubble and dirt and I was protected. I was on

guard duty all by myself. I was all alone and it was a bad

place. But I was protected.”

Wilbert was dismayed by the lack of attention paid to

the veterans coming back from the Korean War. With

emotion, he said, “When I came back from Korea, nobody

gave a darn.” But something happened in October 2016

that brought tears of joy to his eyes – he was one of the

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