As the men reunite now, decades after the end of the war – both at the age of 99, they remember those who didn’t come home.
“Myron and I, we didn’t know each other. But after we had started having these reunions, we have become very close friends,” Terwillegar explained.“We were on defense and Nazis were about, I’d say two miles from us,” he recalled.“Nobody will really realize what us soldiers went through over in World War II,” Terwillegar said.
“So many of your real good friends that you became with and are not here today. They didn’t make it back,” Terwillegar said.“At the end of World War II, our whole country was together,” Terwillegar added.
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