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YEARS OF PASSION
PASSION:
“A strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm or desire for anything.” By David Lyle
It’s 1946. Millions of American servicemen and women have just come back from the war to save the world. They are unemployed, but victorious and happy to be home. Tom Brokaw would later call them “The Greatest Generation.” So what does a discharged US Navy Lieutenant Aviator from Grand Rapids, MI. choose to do? Well, it seems he had a passion for boats. He talks to his Michigan State college roommate and they find a marina for sale In Northern Michigan. With some family financial support they take the leap. Walstrom Marine was incorporated in the State of Michigan in February of 1946. Among the stockholders are some family,
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