LAKE ST. LOUIS — Ralph Barrale vividly recalls the day he was playing craps with six friends when a man ran up and told them the Japanese had just bombed Pearl Harbor. All seven soon went off to war.
St. Louis-area man devotes life to honoring veterans
Saturday, December 8, 2012 | 4:50 p.m. CST;
updated 8:26 p.m. CST, Saturday, December 8, 2012
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