WWII veteran's color war films discovered
MEDINA -- A World War II veteran is making another contribution to U.S. history, more than 60 years after the Bronze Star recipient served his country.
Herman Graebner, 89, remembers virtually every detail of his four years in the U.S. Army. What he didn't reveal until recently though, was that he had shot two reels of color movie film of the action he saw in the war.
Graebner, spry, alert, and bright eyed, says he put the two canisters of film into a box sometime after the war ended in 1945. "I had come back home," he said, "and my wife Marilynn and I were starting a family."
Three daughters and more than 60 years later, Captain Graebner's re-discovered treasures will become part of a History Channel documentary series...
... The 38 minutes of film document Graebner's experiences as he trekked across Europe in 1944 and 1945 as a member of the Army's 5th Armored Division...
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Herman Graebner, 89, remembers virtually every detail of his four years in the U.S. Army. What he didn't reveal until recently though, was that he had shot two reels of color movie film of the action he saw in the war.
Graebner, spry, alert, and bright eyed, says he put the two canisters of film into a box sometime after the war ended in 1945. "I had come back home," he said, "and my wife Marilynn and I were starting a family."
Three daughters and more than 60 years later, Captain Graebner's re-discovered treasures will become part of a History Channel documentary series...
... The 38 minutes of film document Graebner's experiences as he trekked across Europe in 1944 and 1945 as a member of the Army's 5th Armored Division...