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Liz Moreno, daughter of WWII Veteran John Dettling

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What did WWII Veteran John Dettling witness when the Americans freed Buchenwald and other Concentration Camps? How did John Dettling and two other colleagues capture over 30 Germans?

WWII Veteran Jack Thurman turned twenty years old during the battle of Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific Theater. Jack Thurman was in the first wave of Marines that landed on Iwo Jima, and he and his unit were pinned down for a week and half on the beach. Learn about Jack’s friendship with Ira Hayes who helped raise the American flag on Mount Suribachi.

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