CUMBERLAND — As if it happened yesterday, Jim Sterner recalled vivid details of an October 1945 crash in Luxembourg that killed a local man. At that time, Sterner was 22
A truck carrying five-gallon cans of gasoline collided with a steam engine near Hesperange in southern Luxembourg. “It blew up in flames,” recalled 100-year-old WWII veteran Jim Sterner. “I remember seeing burning bodies walking down the street.”
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General George S. Patton was paralyzed in an auto accident in Germany on Dec. 9, 1945, and died in a Heidelberg hospital 12 days later. His death spared conspiracy theories.
WHEATLAND — Memories of World War II were resurrected during a solemn and emotional, but inspirational presentation of a 48-star flag in memory of U.S. Army Private 1st Class Michael