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Chronicling the 'Greatest Generation'
By Sara Suddes
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Ghostly black and white footage of bombs exploding and young men fleeing for their lives flickers across rows of computer screens in Darren Yafai's history class. Those young men that made it back from World War II alive are in their 80s now, and dying at a rate of one every 90 seconds.

Also with this story: a photo gallery of students interviewing veterans

Coming soon: a video series running from Memorial Day to Veteran's Day. Watch a video of a local veteran's story every Wednesday, beginning May 21 and running through Nov. 12, the day after Veteran's Day. Go to the Dispatch home page, then select Stories of Service.

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Photo by: Lora Schraft, Staff Photographer
Otmar Silberstein, a Holocaust survivor and WWII army veteran, left, talks with instructor Darren Yafai, and his group members Vanessa Hoang, Taylor Driscal and Alana Osaki. The students are editing their Stories of Service Project in the library last week.

For more pictures of students interviewing veterans, visit our photo gallery.

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