84 year old Vet. recalls WW2 battles

[SteamWake]

An engaging interview with a living survivor with first hand accounts.

Starts out with

GALESBURG —
Howard Benthine was not even 19 years old when he killed another man for the first time.

“I grabbed him by his head and snapped his neck,” the 84-year-old said. “You know, you live or you die.

“It was him or me. I did what I was trained to do.”

ends with

Benthine faces cancer with the same attitude with which he faced war.
“We’ve had a hell of a good life. An outstanding life.”

http://www.galesburg.com/news/x10250...War-II-battles