Tag: WWII
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A French village honors a U.S. soldier killed in WWII
A French village honors a U.S. soldier killed in WWII – CBS News Watch CBS News Gerri Eisenhauer’s father, Private William Walters, died in World War II just a few months before she was born – killed in action in France, according to a brief telegram. Eisenhauer believed she would never learn what happened to…
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8 decades after her father’s mysterious death in WWII, she finally received answers
8 decades after her father’s mysterious death in WWII, she finally received answers – CBS News Watch CBS News Gerri Eisenhauer’s father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her family got back his body and a letter that only stated he had died…
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80 years after her father’s death in WWII, she finally learned the where and how
Syracuse, Nebraska — Gerri Eisenhauer’s father, Army Pvt. William Walters, was shipped off to World War II before she was even born. In 1944, her family got back his body and a U.S. government letter that only said he had died somewhere in France. “I just always wondered, where he died, how he died, it was…