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Lancaster County Resident, Last Known Survivor of WWII POW Massacre, Dies at 99

A U.S. soldier views some of the corpses of the 84 U.S. POWs whom the Waffen-SS summarily executed on Dec. 17, 1944.
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A U.S. soldier views some of the corpses of the 84 U.S. POWs whom the Waffen-SS summarily executed on Dec. 17, 1944.

Family and friends are remembering a Lancaster County man who was the last known survivor of a World War II POW massacre that occurred during the Battle of the Bulge. WITF's Tim Lambert has this remembrance of Harold Billow – who died May 17 at the age of 99.

Read the full story at: https://www.witf.org/2022/05/25/lancaster-county-resident-and-last-known-survivor-of-wwii-pow-massacre-dies-at-99/

(Original air-date: 5/27/22)