JOAN ANDERSON, aged 101
A model and pin-up girl from Australia, she became a GI Bride. She introduced a popular pastime to the USA but was cheated out of all credit and reward.
RICHARD BARANCIK, aged 98
An American soldier, he was part of the Monuments Men who rescued great pieces of art from the Nazis, before becoming a renown architect – the Last Man Standing
IVY JO HUNTER, aged 82
A talented musician, songwriter and producer from Detroit, he wrote one of pop music’s greatest songs before his career faded into obscurity.
DAVID WISNIA, aged 94
A young Pole who was sent to Auschwitz his singing voice saved his life. He also had a love affair in the camp before escaping and joining the American Army. He eventually became a rabbi in the USA.
GILBERT SELTZER, aged 106
Later to be an accomplished architect, Gilbert’s war service was particularly unusual. He belonged to a military unit that officially never existed: The Ghost Army.
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