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D Days memory gives last uncle Bert King a final voice
In Ambler Pa a son records his uncle Bert King who fought on Omaha Beach and served in the 274th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. He recalls subs in the Atlantic, the Battle of the Bulge, a shell blast that deafened him, and fading memories of D-Day. The piece highlights a family’s wartime legacy and a nation racing to preserve veterans’ memories as numbers dwindle.
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Ambler, Pa
Betty
Bert
Richard
King
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Nick Mueller
National
New Orleans
Stephen Ambrose
Richard ‘Bert’ King
Ambler
Frank Jr
Europe
Charles
Harold
Africa
Edgar
Omaha Beach
274Th Armored Field Artillery
Terry Meyer
Philadelphia
Battle of the Bulge
Normandy
Uncle Bert