Veterans tell their Memorial Day story and 65 years of marriage
Army veteran Elchison recalls war hardships from 1944 to 1945 and a confiscated Hitler car while sharing healing memories for Memorial Day 2011. He and Dee Beighley celebrated their 65th anniversary after marrying in 1946, enduring separation, re enlistments, and city life near Cascade Park.
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Elchison
Hitler
America
Network News
Tom Brokaw
Erchison
Third Presbyterian Church
Dee
New Castle
Pittsburgh
Strauss-Hirshberg Co
Mike
Buffalo
Europe
Ben Franklin
George Washington Junior High
Miller's Pond
Macon
Bessie Elchison
Sis
Nellie Beighley
Theodore
Ted” Beighley
Amsterdam
Vienna
Cascade Park
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