From the front page of today's Chicago Tribune "For D-Day vets, history still vivid" by Mitch Smith.
"Hank Rossetti clutched a black-and-white snapshot showing five young World War II veterans enjoying a meal and grinning for the camera. 'The guy in the middle is the only one still alive,' Rossetti said.
"The guy in the middle was Rossetti.
"Seventy years ago, the smooth-faced teenager with a white medic's band tied to his arm parachuted into the Nazi stronghold of Normandy, France. That day, D-Day, marked the beginning of the end of Adolf Hitler's reign of terror.
"Rossetti still drives his car, walks around his Southwest Side home without a cane and recalls the horrors of World War II vividly. But, he's part of an increasingly exclusive club."
To Be Continued in My other Blogs Today As I mark the 70th Anniversary of The Longest Day.
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