Blue Stars Exhibit

Photographer, Greg Latza, has created a stirring stirring tribute to South Dakota’s World War II veterans, first in a book entitled, Blue Stars.  The exhibit entitled “Blue Stars: A Selection of Stories from South Dakota’s World War II Veterans” featured 44 stories and photo portraits of veterans highlighted in the book. 

The exhibit is sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank and traveled throughout South Dakota and  was  displayed in Wells Fargo communities for  14 months.  The exhibit came to Aberdeen  from the South Dakota State Fair.  A smaller version of the display was  available in Wells Fargo locations in northeast South Dakota for  eight weeks.  Dennis Thompson, community banking president of Wells Fargo in Aberdeen said of the exhibit:  “There is no way to adequately thank our country’s veterans for the sacrifices they made 60 years ago and as years pass, we lose more opportunities to honor them.  It is our hope this exhibit  touched the greatest generation as well as the current generations on the home front with family and friends serving in the military and fighting overseas.”

Photographer, Greg Latza, grew up on a farm near Letcher and earned journalism and geography degrees from SDSU.  He worked as a photojournalist in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Kansas prior to returning to his home state in 1994 to join the staff of the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.  He and his wife started PeopleScapes, a freelance photography and graphic design company, in Sioux Falls and have published four other books besides Blue Stars

For information on other past exhibits in the Dacotah Gallery, please click here.