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Article: World War II veteran keeps grip, tells it straight: D-Day, Battle of Bulge still stir emotions.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2007
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Byline: James Hagengruber
May 28--Aubrey Moring has told some war stories to his two daughters, but the 84-year-old Coeur d'Alene retiree wasn't sure he wanted to tell them to a camera lens.
"It's nothing beyond average," Moring said of his experiences in World War II, as the camera was being set up Friday afternoon in his small apartment.
The Alabama-born, silver-haired man landed on the beach at Normandy on D-Day, survived the Battle of the Bulge and helped thwart Hitler's efforts to take over the world. Nothing beyond average, he insisted. "I never felt like I had a story to tell."
His daughter, Carol Muzik of Coeur d'Alene, felt ...