At 101, Washington Veteran Tells of ‘Giving the Germans Hell’ and Becoming a POW

By Kirstin Grace-Simons / Madigan Army Medical Center

Posted 11/24/19

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER — Talking with Bill Busch is a delight.

The listener must lean in close because the centenarian is markedly soft-spoken and may be wearing an oxygen mask to boost his …

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