Veteran 'Shorty' Heins recalls World War II camaraderie (Bulge, Holocaust 85,000 said thank you)

http://www.omaha.com/article/20121111/NEWS/711119937/1685#veteran-shorty-heins-recalls-world-war-ii-camaraderie

By Matthew Hansen

He buttons his old Army coat, which still fits.

He bounds onto the Memorial Stadium turf on this Saturday before Veterans Day, impossibly light on his feet for a man born when Woodrow Wilson was president.

He moves as if the things he saw — the things he survived — don't weigh him down at all.

How do you feel, Shorty?

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Harold “Shorty” Heins, 97, waves during Saturday's salute to veterans at Memorial Stadium. Giving the thumbs-up is fellow veteran Don Davis.

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