World War II veteran Jake Larson “Pape Jake” becomes TikTok sensation at 102, recounting his D-Day experiences and expressing gratitude for American freedom on Independence Day.
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AWorldWarIIveteranwhois102yearsoldhasbecomeaviralsensationonTikTok,sharinghisexperiencesofwartimestories.
JakeLarson,aka“PapaJake,”spokewithFoxNewsDigitalaboutservingthecountryandsharedwhatIndependenceDaymeanstohim.(Seethevideoatthetopofthisarticle.)
LarsonofLafayette,California,foughtinsixbattlesduringWorldWarIIwhilestormingOmahaBeachonD-DayandthenintheBattleoftheBulge.
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HewasborninOwatonna,Minnesota,enlistingintheNationalGuardin1938atage15–andlyingabouthisage.
“GrowinguponafarmduringtheDepressionwithnoelectricity,runningwaterormoneyhasmademeappreciatetheindependenceandfreedomwehavetoday,”Larsonsaid.
Hewas18yearsoldwhenPearlHarborwasattacked.Larsonjokedthathe“didn’tevenknowPearlHarborexisted.”
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