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Originally Posted by mookiemookie
Hardegen is the last one left? I had no idea. He was always my favorite. From what I've read, he seems like a true gentleman.
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Same, that's actually kind of a shock to read... There were really a few left, but I hadn't realized so many of them passed away so recently. Lassen, for example, passed away at 96 earlier this year.
Really quite sad, but at the same time, Hardegen is someone who deserved to be the last one. He has nothing to apologize for in his military career, and from all I've read, he was definitely a gentleman and a distinguished community leader in his civil life after the war.
Always a good time to reflect on the history as it passes from living memory...