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Nebraska veterans share stories of struggle and sacrifice in World War II

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We honor all of those who served through stories of sacrifice and struggle.

70 years later

Photos by FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

Veterans Affairs estimates that 5,340 World War II veterans live in Nebraska, but that number is quickly dwindling.

Nationwide, nearly 500 men and women who served during World War II die every day.

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Marjorie Neill: 'We just had to do it'

Petty Officer 1st Class Marjorie Neill joined the U.S. Navy in World War II as part of Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES.

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

Women were not allowed to take part in World War II combat unless they were medics, but they played important roles in other ways.

And the tens of thousands of women who served were no less proud of their contributions.

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Harold Edwards: Navy weatherman recounts life at sea

U.S. Navy veteran Harold Edwards served as a weatherman from 1944 to 1946.

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

Today’s forecast: cloudy, with a chance of nostalgia.

Harold Edwards served as a weatherman in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, traveling to places like the Panama Canal, the Philippines, Guam and Los Negros Island off the coast of New Guinea. His duties included gauging wind speeds and directions for flights.

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Max Wilson: Shot down, plan to escape almost foiled

World War II veteran Max Wilson, a B-17 bomber pilot, was shot down by German fighters and landed in Switzerland,  then escaped to return to the American army in France.

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

For six months, Max Wilson lived in a Swiss internment camp and, every day, he planned his escape.

The Germans shot down his B-17 bomber in 1944, and the 22-year-old belly-landed in a Swiss pasture and then was taken to the camp near Davos, Switzerland. He and a friend nicknamed Sam Houston were assigned to fingerprint each American entering the camp -- alive, wounded or dead.

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Freddie Drexler: 'I had the best of times'

As a member of the 33rd Combat Engineers, World War II veteran Freddie Drexler was tasked with digging up foot mines on Omaha Beach in the Normandy region of France.

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

FAIRBURY -- A queasy stomach kept Freddie Drexler grounded during World War II.

Now 92, he enlisted during his junior year of college, in September 1942. Back then, if a service member had two years of post-secondary education, he could choose which branch to serve.

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Bill Bush: 'We had no idea what we were getting into'

After fighting his way across Europe, Bill Bush returned to Nebraska – and the war followed him, in its small ways. Every July 4, his family helped him find peace by driving him out to the country. And one night, not long after marrying Zelda Ebert, he woke her by snoring. “She must have nudged me, and I almost choked her to death.”

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

Bill Bush would watch the British war planes gather in the morning above his camp, near Land's End, to cross the English Channel for the fighting in France.

And he would watch them limp home to their airfields in the afternoon.

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Francis Frederick: Memories haunted soldier until death

Family members shared this photo of World War II veteran Francis Frederick from his days in spring 1941 as a member of the 79th Infantry Training Battalion at Camp Roberts, California. Frederick died July 12.

Courtesy photo

The video camera continued to roll.

Did you ever make friends with other soldiers while in the Army, Grandpa?

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Don McPherson: Congressional Medal winner a lucky man

U.S. Navy aviator Don McPherson hold a replica of an F6F Hellcat fighter at his home in Adams.

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

ADAMS -- One of two living Nebraskans designated as an ace pilot, Don McPherson considers himself a lucky man.

He shot down a pair of kamikazes from his F6F Hellcat fighter because, according to him, he was "at the right place at the right time."

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Pete Jensen: 'I could tear those guns down blindfolded'

U.S. Navy veteran Pete Jensen survived the U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima and a kamikaze attack on his ship, the USS McClelland, during World War II.

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

Despite surviving the battle of Iwo Jima and a kamikaze attack on the USS McClelland, veteran Pete Jensen didn't feel the personal effects of World War II until his older brother died.

Raised in Salina, Kansas, Jensen enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1941 and was called to active duty two years later. He was a senior chief petty officer and led the maintenance for 10 of the McClelland's guns. Each gun was operated by at least two men, men who also fell under his command.

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Harold Heins: ‘People don't know what suffering is’

At 100, Harold “Shorty” Heins is eager to talk about family, farming and fighting in World War II. But he also likes to talk politics, and what he thinks about his country now compared to his country 70 years ago. “Can you imagine 15 million or 16 million men off fighting, and all of the women back here doing all the hard work? Do you think we could call on the American people now?”

FRANCIS GARDLER/Lincoln Journal Star

DAVID CITY – The day after he turned 100, Harold “Shorty” Heins hopped out of his wheelchair, ready to tell war stories.

A little later, he touched his toes, and his daughter Beverly had to stop him from proving he can still do push-ups.

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