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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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