From the May 7, 2015 USA Today by Bill Hinchberger.
French President Francois Hollande will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at the base of the Arc de Triomphe on Friday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Allied victory in Europe. Ninety-year-old veteran Rene Roche plans to be there.
Roche was a 20-year-old sergeant stationed in the southern German town of Constance when the war ended. He remembers, "The war was over. I was just happy to be able to get out of there."
In Reims, France, U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley will make an appearance. This is where German General Gustav Jodl signed an unconditional surrender on May 7, 1945. This was the eve of the victory announcement. The building was a red schoolhouse used by U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower as his headquarters.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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