Tita, who will turn 100 on March 16, swears a guardian angel was watching over him in his time in the 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater. He can’t fathom another reason he should have so many near misses metal projectiles inches from his skull, foxholes dug just large enough, comrades awakening him from hypothermic hallucinations and live to tell the tale to his wife, four kids, seven grandkids and six great-grandkids.
Tita, who will turn 100 on March 16, swears a guardian angel was watching over him in his time in the 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater. He can’t fathom another reason he should have so many near misses metal projectiles inches from his skull, foxholes dug just large enough, comrades awakening him from hypothermic hallucinations and live to tell the tale to his wife, four kids, seven grandkids and six great-grandkids.
WWII veteran George Tita swears a guardian angel was watching over him during his time in the 691st Tank Destroyer Battalion in the European Theater. He can’t fathom another reason he should have so many near misses.
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