Buchenwald Liberation

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While channel surfing on New Year's Eve I stumbled onto a terrific WWII Veteran's testimony of his experiences in WWII as a machinegunner in Patton's 3rd Army, which included being among the soldiers who liberated Buchanwald KZ in 1945. His name is Leo Hymas. He was speaking to a group of Central Washington University students who are majoring in business, and the title of his presentation was "Making Ethical Decisions." He spoke very little about business, but very much about making the right choices in life. Many times he pointed upward towards the sky as he spoke of "answering to a Higher Authority then man." One such example he gave involved being ordered by a Lt. to take an M1 carbine and kill a small group of German soldiers who had just surrendered. Leo refused. After Germany surrendered Leo found himself on a ship heading for Japan, who had not. I found quite a bit more about him by just Google searching the name Leo Hymas.