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OMAHA Bill Harrington knew how fragile life could be.
Fifty times during World War II he took off in the bombardier’s seat of a B-24 on bombing runs over France, Germany and Austria. Fifty times he landed safely.
Two decades ago, the retired Air Force colonel wrote an autobiography for his family when he learned that he had a heart condition that might take his life anytime.
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Still, Harrington lived to celebrate another 20-plus birthdays — the last one, his 101st, Feb. 2 at Papillion Manor, where he lived.
“I have no idea how God selected me to live all these years,” Harrington told the World-Herald in late January. ....

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