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Wednesday, June 24, 2015

WWII Memories Make 70-years Ago Seem Like Yesterday

The 70th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day was on May 8, 2015. Fort Collins resident and veteran Bert Veen was there. Here's just one of his WWII stories, as it appeared in my monthly column for The Fort Collins Coloradoan on June 25, 2015:





Bert said he weighed between 80- and 90-pounds at the time.

"It helped that I wasn't the only one," Bert said. "Everyone was in the same boat."

This man is a survivor. He survived cancer and care-giving for his wife Juanita, who died of Alzheimer's in 2003.

"Whenever I feel I'm getting depressed, I push it away," Bert said. "I try to stay away from that, and be positive."

Thanks, Bert. You, sir, are positively amazing.