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WWII POWs Reunite This Memorial Day Weekend

By: Brooke Chavez
Updated: May 26, 2009
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It's an emotional Memorial Day for a Lubbock World War II soldier and a fellow POW. They're re-uniting for the first time in 64 years. Homer Jones of Lubbock and Wilson Leon of Florida saw eachother Friday for the first time since 1945. While serving as gunners, their b-52 bomber was shot down by German soldiers over Greece. They were taken as prisoners of war, but managed to escape after 4 months. Out of 70 men, only 11 of them managed to get away.

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