WWII Paratrooper Remembers Close Calls, Friends Lost
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*IN MEMORIAM*
Walter Fees passed away October 7, 2016.
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90-year-old Walter Fees of Bakersfield, CA appears on the 300th episode of Hometown Heroes, debuting February 1, 2014. Mr. Fees, a native of Likely, CA, served with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
Walter Fees with his 60mm mortar crew
The oilfield, north of Bakersfield, where Mr. Fees lives and works.
The phonograph Walter Fees “liberated” from the USO in Rome before he entered combat.
Walter Fees at home with fellow E&B employee David Gifford, who recommended him for Hometown Heroes
I am not sure if you heard, but we lost Walt on October 7th, 2016. I was honored that he called me his friend. I had his pictures from the war restored and reprinted for him.
Thank you for recording his memories and preserving them. I heard them almost every day and never tired of his company.
Thank you, Sam. What a remarkable man he was!