WWII vet from Norwood to visit grave of soldier who saved him
NORWOOD, Boston (WBZ) He’s 96 now, but the fall of 1944 still burns brightly for Private Anthony Grasso and the young lieutenant who saved his life.
“Artillery fire, and next thing I knew I was flying through the air,” said World War II Veteran Anthony Grasso.
An 18-year-old Grasso and Lt. Frank DuBose of South Carolina were paired together in the summer of 1944. Grasso was his radio man.
And they were thrust into one of the deadliest regions of the European theatre, the Hurtgen Forest.
“It was unbelievable,” said Grasso. “I don’t know how many soldiers survived.”