Today in History, 1946: Veteran of World Wars I and II comes to Fargo to visit family

On this day in 1946, former Fargo resident Lt. Col. Arthur F. Collar, a veteran of both world wars, returned to Fargo to reconnect with old friends and reflect on his military service. Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day: Once Fargoan, Veteran Of Both Wars, Visits Old Friends Here Lt. Col. Arthur F. Collar, former Fargoan, is catching up on activities of World war I buddies while on a visit here and bringing himself up to date on some of the fellows like himself who discovered that their days in uniform were not over when their discharges came through back in 1919. Counting about three years in that other war, Colonel Collar will have put in about seven years of service when he is returned to inactive duty as he anticipates at the end of the year. Throughout most of more than four years' service in World war II, Colonel Collar's work has been that of setting up and maintaining the security service involved with plants holding chemical cont