Mainstreet Radio's Mark Steil reports on how the town of Appleton is honoring fallen soldiers. Funeral services for Sergeant Jesse Lhotka will be held in his hometown of Appleton. A roadside bomb killed Lhotka and two other Minnesota National Guard soldiers in Iraq. Lhotka is the most recent in a long line of Appleton residents to die in battle and reminders of the town's service are everywhere.
The Battle of the Bulge, the invasion of North Africa, Okinawa, D-Day. All of those famous battles are linked forever to the streets of Appleton.