WWII Soldier Killed at Parade Honoring Veterans
 

At least he dies for his country ... a couple years later though.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... m/death_dc

BOSTON (Reuters) - William Hammond survived one of the bloodiest battles of World War II but died at a parade honoring him and others after a van at a Veteran's Day parade ran over him.



Hammond, of Abington, Mass., was accidentally run over during a parade Thursday in Whitman, Mass. by a van owned by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter and driven by a close friend of his, according to Boston's WBZ radio station.


Hammond, 80, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-1945, one of the toughest offensives of World War II as under-equipped U.S. soldiers fended off a last-ditch German offensive in one of Europe's bitterest winters.


Whitman police were not available to comment.

Re: WWII Soldier Killed at Parade Honoring Veterans
 

[quote="mR.cLeAn":92950]died at a parade honoring him and others after a van at a Veteran's Day parade ran over him. [/quote:92950]

annoy:

Hmmm... the driver must die.

wow, that is terrible! i seriously hope the driver gets punished, and if it involved alcohol, i hope he goes to jail for a looooooooong time.

You can shutup and get your ass on AIM, please. dance: biggrin:

i cant because im at work cry:

thats so sad annoy:

the driver was probally 80 or so too. too old to drive in my book, reflexs too slow, bad vision.

i see old people who can barely walk and open doors drive. fucking shit amazes me.

The driver was probably a Nazi in disguise.

thats horrible, thats like an hour drive away from me.

[quote="mR.cLeAn":c0705]The driver was probably a Nazi in disguise.[/quote:c0705]

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as bad as it is, it still seems pretty funny and ironic.

Ironic: yes. Funny: absolutely not.

very sad...