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WWII Veteran on NBC Nightly News?

Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:13 pm

I was watching the NBC Nightly News this evening, when they did a wonderful story on the friendship between a WWII Veteran and his young next door neighbor in Minnesota. Brought a tear to my eye. He reminded me of my own Grandfather, right down to the tomatoes and seems like a fine representative of everything I love about our WWII Veterans. I also noticed he was wearing a reunion hat with a B-24 on the front. Does anyone know this Veteran? Or where he served?

http://youtu.be/huNpSEAuMuM

I'm really going to miss these guys when they are all gone......

Thanks Red
Last edited by Redtracer on Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:56 pm, edited 3 times in total.

Re: WWII Veteran on NBC Nightly News?

Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:39 pm

The veteran's name is Erling Kindem and he was a member of the 455th BG and served aboard B-24's as a radio operator, operating out of Italy as I recall.

Re: WWII Veteran on NBC Nightly News?

Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:47 pm

Thanks John, I knew if anyone knew it would have been you.
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