WWII 5th Armored Division holds last-ever reunion in Bangor
"“We’re too old. I’m as young as anyone in the outfit and I’m 86 years old,” said Galen Cole, who served as a private with the 5th Armored in Europe and lost half of his squad to a German shell."
Thank you to these great men. Let's not squander their sacrifice.
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