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Omaha Steve

(99,698 posts)
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 11:23 AM Nov 2014

World War II Vet Returns To France 60 Years Later To Realize He's Become A European Legend


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By Patrick Varden


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This lengthy video was posted nearly two years ago, but has gone viral in honor of Veterans Day. World War II veteran Vince Speranza retells the intriguing story when he served in Bastogne, France fighting the Nazis. While helping tend to the wounded, he was asked by a hurt soldier for a drink.

Incredibly, he found a broken down tavern nearby that had beer on the tap still. With no glasses or bottles around, he used his helmet to carry the beer to his friends. He never imagined that his beer serving technique would become a European legend later in life.

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World War II Vet Returns To France 60 Years Later To Realize He's Become A European Legend (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2014 OP
Incredible! n/t tom_kelly Nov 2014 #1
Dad The Jungle 1 Nov 2014 #6
..... Historic NY Nov 2014 #2
I hate it when I get something in my eye while watching a video... stevenleser Nov 2014 #3
Listening to him tell his story, Hoppy Nov 2014 #4
Righteous Old Nick Nov 2014 #5
 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
6. Dad
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 07:06 PM
Nov 2014

My father was in the 82 airborne and he was in that same battle. He would have loved this story and that beer.
Miss him.

 

Hoppy

(3,595 posts)
4. Listening to him tell his story,
Mon Nov 17, 2014, 02:02 PM
Nov 2014

The sadness in his heart, telling about killing the German soldiers.... I am sad thinking about it.

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