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World War II Veterans In Colorado Share Lessons With South High Students

DENVER (CBS4) - Students at Denver's South High School learned important information from World War II veterans. The servicemen talked about their experiences on the battlefront.

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Herman Moll received a Purple Heart after being wounded in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Phillippines.

Molls says he remembers the moment he learned the war was over.

"I got out there, I was working my shift the day that the war ended. It came up on my screen as I was working.  I saw it picked up the phone and called my buddies and said the war's over, we're going home," he said.

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This is the seventh year World War II veterans shared these lessons with students at South High.

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