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Bethel resident Martin Toteland shows off his backpack, covered in patches from his life's travels.

 

Bethel resident Martin Toteland shows off his backpack, covered in patches from his life's travels. 

His favorite: the patch shown in detail in the above photo. Toteland says he got it in Sarajevo when he was just 10 years old, giving a speech with the Red Cross of Norway just after the end of the Bosnian war. Aftwards, he rode in a tank with NATO peacekeeping forces, who gave him the patch.

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"I put it on so I'd always remember," he said.


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