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Celebrating the Lives of Our Veterans

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A marker at the Trieu Do Day Care Center and school notes that the center was built in memory of Sgt. Mike Batt of Defiance.

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Students, aged 2-5, celebrate at the Sgt. Michael Batt Center in Vietnam. Approximately 85 children attend the school, which was built for $28,000. The school, which is also a day care center,

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was built by officials with the D.O.V.E. Fund through donations by family and friends of Batt as well as by Defiance area organizations.

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