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mR.cLeAn · **WWII Soldier Killed at Parade Honoring Veterans -** 11-12-2004, 10:06 AM

At least he dies for his country ... a couple years later though.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... m/death_dc

BOSTON (Reuters) - William Hammond survived one of the bloodiest battles of World War II but died at a parade honoring him and others after a van at a Veteran's Day parade ran over him.

Hammond, of Abington, Mass., was accidentally run over during a parade Thursday in Whitman, Mass. by a van owned by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter and driven by a close friend of his, according to Boston's WBZ radio station.

Hammond, 80, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-1945, one of the toughest offensives of World War II as under-equipped U.S. soldiers fended off a last-ditch German offensive in one of Europe's bitterest winters.

Whitman police were not available to comment.

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mR.cLeAn is Offline Sergeant Posts: 1,000 Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Earth	WWII Soldier Killed at Parade Honoring Veterans - 11-12-2004, 10:06 AM At least he dies for his country ... a couple years later though. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... m/death_dc BOSTON (Reuters) - William Hammond survived one of the bloodiest battles of World War II but died at a parade honoring him and others after a van at a Veteran's Day parade ran over him. Hammond, of Abington, Mass., was accidentally run over during a parade Thursday in Whitman, Mass. by a van owned by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars chapter and driven by a close friend of his, according to Boston's WBZ radio station. Hammond, 80, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in 1944-1945, one of the toughest offensives of World War II as under-equipped U.S. soldiers fended off a last-ditch German offensive in one of Europe's bitterest winters. Whitman police were not available to comment.