When Bruce Cottington enlisted in 1942, he joined the Navy, but was later assigned to a new Marine Corps unit called the Amphibians. The unit fought on land and sea, and Cottington prepared battle sites in the Pacific during World War 2. (The amphibian unit was the precursor to the Navy SEALS.)
Pat, who is going on 107 years old, says she was surprised that her difficulty breathing was caused by a heart problem, not her lungs.
An interview with author Sue Leaf about her book A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts, the first full biography of Thomas Sadler Roberts. Roberts is considered the father of Minnesota ornithology. His life story opens a window on a lost world of nature and conservation in the state’s early days.
