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Heroes
from Home

Honoring service.
Preserving their stories.

Hosted by Tom Buttke

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HEROES FROM HOME

Heroes from Home – A Career Keeping Military Aircraft Flying

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Host Tom Buttke welcomes a retired Air Force master sergeant to reflect on more than 21 years of military service. From maintaining B-52 bombers and KC-135 refueling aircraft to assignments in Guam, Panama and Vietnam, he shares the responsibilities and challenges of keeping aircraft flying safely. The conversation also explores military discipline, lasting friendships and a reunion that brought former service members together to reconnect and share memories.

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Heroes from Home – A Career Keeping Military Aircraft Flying

Original air date not listed

Host Tom Buttke welcomes a retired Air Force master sergeant to reflect on more than 21 years of military service. From maintaining B-52 bombers and KC-135 refueling aircraft to assignments in Guam, Panama and Vietnam, he shares the responsibilities and challenges of keeping aircraft flying safely. The conversation also explores military discipline, lasting friendships and a reunion that brought former service members together to reconnect and share memories.

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REMEMBERING SERVICE

Every veteran
has a story.

A Heroes from Home studio conversation
Local veterans. Firsthand stories. A lasting legacy.

Heroes from Home gives local veterans and their families a place to share their experiences in their own words.

Host Tom Buttke guides conversations about military service, life after returning home, family memories, and the connections that continue to shape our community.

Produced at Marshfield Broadcasting, the program helps preserve these stories and recognize the people behind them.

Military serviceFamily memoriesCommunity connections

A LASTING LOCAL TRIBUTE

Veteran’s Wall of Honor

2,200+Marshfield veterans remembered

The names of more than 2,200 deceased veterans from Marshfield are displayed on the Wall of Honor.

A community effort to remember their service

Heroes from Home host Tom Buttke helped lead the project with his sisters, Renie Rehmer and Cathy Tauschek.

The idea grew from a cemetery visit, when they noticed that many veterans’ graves did not recognize their military service. That visit inspired an effort to give those veterans a lasting tribute.

Volunteers, brat-fry fundraisers, grants, and community donations helped make the project possible. Donations for the project are handled by the Marshfield Area Community Foundation.

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