Veterans to speak at meeting

The Military Oral History Club of Lancaster County will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2435, 401 Manor St., Columbia. The speakers will be Benjamin Berry and Jacob Ruser.

Berry, 101, was with the quartermaster unit, and then his unit was assigned to the front lines, which included the Battle of the Bulge.

Ruser, 99, served as a combat medic with the 4th Infantry Division. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge and on Utah Beach on D-Day, and he took part in liberating Paris and the Dachau concentration camp.

Berry and Ruser met decades after their military service and became friends.

The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call 717-319-3430.

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