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NEW BEDFORD =97 This month, the 421st flag to = wave above Old=20 Glory Tower honors the memory of World War II and Korean War veteran = Robert=20 Martin Brenneke, formerly of South Dartmouth. Mr. Brenneke died on May = 14, at=20 age 80.
"He was very proud of his military background," = said his=20 daughter, Heide E. Nunes.
He was the holder of the Combat Infantry badge, = the=20 European, African, Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, the Victory Medal, the = Occupation of Germany Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Good = Conduct Medal,=20 the United Nations Medal, the Korean War Service Medal with four bronze = stars=20 and the Korean Presidential Unit Medal.
After World War II, he was assigned to the 6850th = Internal=20 Security Detachment of the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, = Germany, which ran the famous war crime trials. He was charged with = running the=20 security of the prison where the 21 top Nazi prisoners were housed. = After his=20 return home, he did a great deal of traveling and lecturing on his=20 experiences.
"We were very lucky to be able to hear firsthand = some of=20 the accounts of what went on at the Nuremburg Trials due to Dad's = position as=20 chief cage warden," Ms. Nunes said.
While in Korea, Mr. Brenneke was assigned to the = 772nd=20 Military Police Battalion running railroad security up to the front = lines.
A member of Post 1 of the American Legion for = more than 50=20 years, he also was a member of the Bristol County Dog Training Club = Inc., was on=20 the board of directors of the Animal Rescue League and was one of the = founders=20 of the New England Association of Obedience Clubs and Judges.
A lifelong member of Grace Episcopal Church of = New Bedford,=20 he served on the vestry and sang in the choir.
Ms. Nunes said that her father is remembered = fondly for his=20 "very good sense of humor."
"My dad could make anyone laugh," she said.
Joseph Theodore, 90, a World War II veteran and = Purple=20 Heart recipient, began the practice of flying veterans' flags above Old = Glory=20 Tower 36 years ago. He has enlisted the help of Linda Ferreira, a = marketing=20 representative at Ashley Ford in New Bedford, to research the life = histories of=20 area veterans, and Paul Neary, general manager of the dealership, to = raise the=20 flags on the veterans' behalf.
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