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Long-lost World War II buddies reunited in Atlantic City after 66 years

The last time George Kroll and Jerry Lory saw each other, they were leaving Italy after flying 50 combat missions together.

Kroll was a nose gunner. Lory, a radio operator.

That was 66 years ago.

A fortuitous twist of fate brought the two World War II veterans together for the first time in nearly seven decades on Saturday afternoon, in the lobby of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort.

From July to December of 1944, Kroll and Lory were part of a 10-man crew aboard a B-24 that flew dangerous bombing missions over Europe, including heavy-fire missions over Vienna, Austria and oil fields in Romania where Axis forces would re-fuel.

Most of the team members shared a tent and became inseparable friends. If one of them couldn't fly on a mission, none of them would....
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