'The closest I've been to him': 80 years later, a fallen soldier at last comes home | Unpublished
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Author: The Providence Journal
Publication Date: July 18, 2023 - 05:06

'The closest I've been to him': 80 years later, a fallen soldier at last comes home

July 18, 2023

George "Bud" Thomas died on a WWII battlefield in 1944. Decades later, his remains were identified and laid to rest in his home state.

     


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