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3 unusual facts about Walter Heiman


Walter Heiman

Walter J. Heiman (Essen, Germany, March 12, 1901 – University City, Missouri, United States, March 18, 2007) was a Jewish American man who at the time of his death had become one of the last surviving veterans of the First World War.

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In the 1950s, they moved to Olivette, Missouri, where he and Trude continued raising their two children.

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He was sent to an air base in Hanover for flight training, but the war ended before he finished training.



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