Soldiers of History bring living War War II era to Veterans Day assembly
A Northwood Middle School assembly featured 14 volunteers dressed in uniforms spanning conflicts from the French and Indian War to Iraq and Afghanistan. Students and staff, including a pivotal seventh grader and teacher Kimberly Johnson, gave a standing ovation as the veterans recounted experiences and displayed original or replica weapons.
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Soldiers of History Assembly
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Kimberly Johnson
Susan Lescher
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Soldiers of History
Lescher
Johnson
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Afghanistan
Stephen Walters
Northwood
Michael Walters
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Army
Steve Manheim
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Soldiers of History Group
Surviving a Polish refugee journey to Soviet zones in 1945
In 1945 near the war’s end, Mallasch and his family fled Poland by train packed with refugees toward West Germany. They faced death and displacement as babies cried and others died on the journey. Returned to Soviet hands in East Germany, they were sent to camps or farms, with a sister later found alive after 11 years.
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Survivor Mallasch speaks to Amherst students about hope
Mallasch traced a perilous journey from Hungary to West Germany then the United States at 16. He served as an interpreter in the U S Army from 1958 to 1960 in Germany and became a citizen in 1960. He urged students never to consider suicide and credited faith for survival. He and his wife Ruth Anne have three children and he worked as a house painter.
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Mallasch
West Germany
United States
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Ruth Anne
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