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Life lives on through WWII vet

June 5, 2014
Photo by Senior Airman Hailey HauxWorld War II veteran Leslie Cruise pays his respects to the man who saved his life Monday at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France. Seventy years ago on June 7, 1944, Pvt. Richard Vargas saved Cruise’s life during the invasion of Normandy. Cruise went to France five times looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you.
Photo by Senior Airman Hailey Haux
World War II veteran Leslie Cruise pays his respects to the man who saved his life Monday at the Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial in France. Seventy years ago on June 7, 1944, Pvt. Richard Vargas saved Cruise’s life during the invasion of Normandy. Cruise went to France five times looking for his friend’s grave in order to say thank you.
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