For the American World War II veterans, all in their late 90s or early 100s, the event marked what will be one of the last times they gather to publicly relay what they endured and how it shaped them.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Descendants of the 661st Tank Destroyer Battalion visited central Ohio this week to hear from the last living member of their fathers’ unit: Columbus resident Marvin Brown.
I am the keeper of a love story that began before I was born and now spans 81 years, two continents, two countries, two languages and four generations. The story began in France, just after the D-Day ...
For the second half of the 20th century, World War II veterans were as ubiquitous as dandelions in spring. No one called them The Greatest Generation back then; they were simply the backbone of every ...
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 ...