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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:pregler2</del>.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Walter G. Pregler, veteran of the Iowa National Guard Governor's Greys and "Black Jack" Pershing's 1916 Mexican Punitive Expedition to capture Pancho Villa, visits with his two sons and a son-in-law, all home on leave during World War II. From left to right Lieut. Robert L. Pregler, U. S. Merchant Marine; Raymond Healey, U.S. Navy Seabee; and John P. "Pete" Pregler, U. S. Marines. Photograph taken at Farley and Loetscher Manufacturing Company for the company magazine RESAW, circa 1944. This this point, Robert Pregler had served on hree ships sunk or torpedoes by German U-boats in the North Atlantic losing comrades. Photo courtesy: John Pregler/Telegraph Herald]]Pregler, Robert L. (Dubuque, IA, Jul 31, 1920 – Coon Rapids, MN, Dec 5, 2009). In 1942, Pregler became the first Iowan to graduate from the United States Maritime Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long Island. At the time of his commissioning, Pregler was awarded the Merchant Marine Service Bar from the War Shipping Administration in recognition of facing direct enemy action. Pregler served in the hazardous North Atlantic during [[WORLD WAR II]] guiding and protecting merchant ships taking war supplies to England under President Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease policy. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:pregler2.jpg|left|thumb|350px|</ins>Pregler, Robert L. (Dubuque, IA, Jul 31, 1920 – Coon Rapids, MN, Dec 5, 2009). In 1942, Pregler became the first Iowan to graduate from the United States Maritime Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Long Island. At the time of his commissioning, Pregler was awarded the Merchant Marine Service Bar from the War Shipping Administration in recognition of facing direct enemy action. Pregler served in the hazardous North Atlantic during [[WORLD WAR II]] guiding and protecting merchant ships taking war supplies to England under President Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease policy. </div></td></tr>
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