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…World VETERANS DAY Remembering A Hellish War WWII veteran feels duty-bound to tell of his experiences. Bill Carroll Special to the Jewish News C ivil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was the first to say "War is hell." Sam Klein of Farmington Hills agrees with him. Klein witnessed firsthand the stark realization of the hell in war when a fellow soldier on a stretcher was set down next to him on a World War II battlefield in France. The ...…
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