Aging WW II Vets Share Stories With Next Generation

Aging WW II Vets Share Stories With Next Generation
Ernie Rabineau shows off his WW II uniform to Bonnie Koning of the Veterans Esteem Team in Attica, Michigan, on Dec. 21, 2021. Steven Kovac/Epoch Times
Steven Kovac
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“Soldiering in Patton’s army was tough,” remembers 97-year-old Ernie Rabineau. “We called him ‘Old Blood and Guts.’ We needed people like that because Germany was a strong, powerful, and tough enemy.”

Widowed for the past seven years, Ernie lives alone in a comfortable three-bedroom ranch-style home on a country road near Attica, Michigan.

Steven Kovac
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Steven Kovac reports for The Epoch Times from Michigan. He is a general news reporter who has covered topics related to rising consumer prices to election security issues. He can be reached at [email protected]
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