The man wearing the “Tom Brady jersey” is named Bill Kruschel. He sings with the Croix Chordsmen Barbershop Chorus, the group that accompanied me Sunday during my America’s Story presentation at the American Legion Post 121 in River Falls, Wisconsin.
Thank you to John and Paul Riedner, and all of the patriots in audience, for that Wisconsin kindness!
I wanted to talk with Bill because he is 101 years old and served as a Navy medic during the Battle of Iwo Jima.
I asked him what invention had the biggest impact on his life.
He said, “Computers.” (He worked for 3M in magnetic tape technology.)
Then I asked him for the best piece of advice he had ever received.
Bill said, ”When I started working for 3M, somebody told me, ‘This is a big company. In big companies, you’ll always find negative people. And negative people like to group together.’
‘Find that group and get as far away from them as possible.'”
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