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Herman Addleson
Honored by Charles & Randi Wax, Rancho Santa Fe, California, January
11, 2006
I've always admired Herman Addleson, who died during
the D-Day Invasion while making a jump behind enemy lines as part of the 101st
Parachutists. I've visited his grave at Normandy. What many people don't
know is that Herman didn't have to serve in the military; because he had a
harelip, the military rejected him. As I heard the story, Ted Williams,
the baseball great who grew up in San Diego, helped pay for Herman's operation
which enabled him to enlist. —Charles Wax, January 11, 2006
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