Liberator of Eindhoven Passes Away at the Age of 102
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Eindhoven can no longer draw on liberation stories told by a liberator who was there in 1944. Armando Marquez, Eindhoven's last surviving veteran, passed away on Sunday at his home in his birthplace of El Paso in the United States. He was 102 years old.
American Armando Marquez passed away on Sunday at the age of 102 in his hometown of El Paso, Texas. Marquez was one of the liberators of Eindhoven during World War II. As a 20-year-old soldier, Marquez was part of the Allied forces, with the goal of liberating Europe from Nazi Germany. In doing so, he contributed to the liberation of Eindhoven, reports Studio040. Armando Marquez was wounded twice: during a parachute drop in Normandy, France, and…
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