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Veteran Gary Gezel, 94, US Army's 168th Infantry, 34th Division, reads a wartime letter from his future wife, Dorothy, whoe he met while aboard a train in England during World War II. After proposing to her, he took a German parachute that he found during the war, sent it to her, and she made it into her wedding dress. (Christopher Gannon/The Register) -- des.f01xxvets - shot by Christopher Gannon/The Register on 1/3/13 in , IA
