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WWII veteran breaks silence: The true danger of German flak & the shrapnel that fell on civilians
In this gripping interview, a German veteran who served on an 88mm flak gun reveals the untold story of WWII's most feared ...
He is a German Luftwaffe ace with 81 confirmed victories on the Eastern front. Now a 103-year-old veteran, his talent[...] ...
As Christmas approached in December 1944, many Americans believed World War II in Europe was nearing its end. Allied armies had broken out of Normandy, liberated Paris, and pushed toward Germany. But ...
An army veteran who spent five years in a German prison camp during World War Two has been laid to rest. Eric Reeves, from Godstone, Surrey, was a lance corporal in the Queen's Royal Regiment when ...
On every Veterans Day, the list of World War II survivors shrinks further due to the inescapable passage of time.As that happens, their stories — an important part of American history — take on added ...
Les Schrenk and Casey Bukowski already share a special bond as World War II veterans. After all, not many from the Greatest Generation are still alive. But when Schrenk, 102, and Bukowski, 101, met ...
Time is running out for the last living U.S. veterans of World War II. At 102 years old — “103 next month,” he said with a grin — Robert Heiss spends his afternoons playing cribbage and devouring ...
A group of World War II veterans are heading overseas from Boston to see their old battlegrounds. The trip was made possible by fundraisers and donations. It's an incredible operation, giving the ...
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