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100-Year-Old Minnesota Veteran Makes First-Ever Trip To Normandy To Mark D-Day's 80th Anniversary
"I'm having the time of my life right now. I haven't got time to think of the people back home," Schrenk said. "It's a moving occasion."
June 6, 2024
NORMANDY, France — One-hundred-year-old Les Schrenk doesn't have time for his usual morning water aerobics or afternoon bike rides this week.
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That's because the World War II veteran is more than 4,000 miles from his Bloomington home, making his first-ever visit to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day, which he spent in a German POW camp.
"I'm having the time of my life right now. I haven't even got time to think of the people back home," Schrenk said. "It's a very moving occasion."
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