Saturday, December 2, 2017

Vernon Foster, now 99, shares his "living history" with the Baltimore Sun...

Just shy of his 99th birthday, World War II tank commander Vernon Foster vividly recalls hellish battles in France and Germany, being blasted in the face by shrapnel, logging 2,600 miles in the five-man Sherman tank named for his wife, Dottie, and meeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt....Read more at 
The Furious Fourth - WWII Living History Group and thank you for acknowledging another unfamous one!
At 98, World War II tank commander is 'living history'
At 98, World War II tank commander is "living history." Vernon Foster of Parkton vividly recalls his service and shrugs off the "Greatest Generation" label.
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