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12-25-2014, 07:47 PM
http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-ken-moore-20141225-story.html
Ken Moore dies at 90; medic cared for U.S., German troops on D-Day
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<section class="trb_mainContent" data-role="panelmod_articleBody">In the middle of one of World War II's bloodiest battles — the 1944 D-Day invasion of western Europe — there was a small sanctuary where no fighting was permitted.
Inside a village church in France, two Army medics — Ken Moore and Bob Wright — cared for dozens of wounded soldiers, using the pews as makeshift beds. Mortar blasts rocked the building, but the medics refused to leave, even when told enemy forces were about to overrun the village.
With scant supplies, they stayed on to administer aid in the packed church, and not just to Americans. They also treated wounded German soldiers who came to the door seeking help.
"They were young men much like us," Moore said in the documentary "Eagles of Mercy," "except they were wearing a different uniform."
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Ken Moore dies at 90; medic cared for U.S., German troops on D-Day
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<section class="trb_mainContent" data-role="panelmod_articleBody">In the middle of one of World War II's bloodiest battles — the 1944 D-Day invasion of western Europe — there was a small sanctuary where no fighting was permitted.
Inside a village church in France, two Army medics — Ken Moore and Bob Wright — cared for dozens of wounded soldiers, using the pews as makeshift beds. Mortar blasts rocked the building, but the medics refused to leave, even when told enemy forces were about to overrun the village.
With scant supplies, they stayed on to administer aid in the packed church, and not just to Americans. They also treated wounded German soldiers who came to the door seeking help.
"They were young men much like us," Moore said in the documentary "Eagles of Mercy," "except they were wearing a different uniform."
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