Vet upset more don't know about WWII
Thank you for publishing Fred Wilhelm's story.
As a World War II vet, I have been amazed and disappointed at a large number of young people that know nothing about WWII; they said that it wasn't taught in school. So I have asked teachers questions about D-day, VJ day, and about 445,000 deaths, and the younger ones don't know what I'm talking about.
I pray they'll never get to experience such a conflict on our land. Didn't Audie Murphy say, "The world has never seen the battle that will happen when the American GI has to defend his own country."
Bill Larson
Batavia
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