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Walter King

Уолтер Кинг

1922 – 1945

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Rifleman Walter King fought through Northwest Europe from D-Day to the final weeks of the war. He was killed by a sniper in Germany in April 1945, just three weeks before VE Day. He was 23. His family in Bristol has kept his pay book and last letters home.

Biography (Russian)

Стрелок Уолтер Кинг прошёл от Нормандии до Германии. Погиб от снайперского выстрела в апреле 1945 года, за три недели до Дня Победы. Ему было 23 года.

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