WWII Vet (93) Recalls Boyhood Meeting with Union Civil War Uncle, Survived Gettysburg, PA [View all]

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- Through Their Eyes, Our Veterans Stories. World War II Veteran Frank Ruth (aged 93) on the time he met a Civil War Veteran who survived the battle at Gettysburg. Frank served as a combat medic with the 85th division, 339th infantry regiment in Italy. (2018). Mr. Ruth was b. 1925, met CW Vet 'Uncle Richard' in Lancaster, PA, c. 1931-32.

~ My mother who was the same generation told us she saw Civil War Veterans as a girl in Phila. & Richmond.