Guy Stern's Military Memorial
This week's 60 minutesA special one-hour report on the Ritchie Boys,A group of men who worked as part of a secret US military intelligence unit during World War II. Many of the soldiers were German-born Jews who came to the United States to escape the Nazis. In the United States, these men were trained in espionage and psychological warfare. They returned to Europe with knowledge of the indigenous culture and language that helped them win the Allied war.
100-year-old Guy Stern is one of the last Ritchie Boys to live. Last March, 60 Minutes correspondent John Wertheim met him at the Holocaust Memorial Center, now in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Stern, who became a professor after World War II, showed some of the honors and souvenirs he had collected for military service in 60 minutes
"If you live long enough, you are honored," Guy Stern told Wertheim.
Among the honors Stern showed in the 60 Minutes are the Bronze Star and the Medal of Honor of France, one of the most prestigious awards given to civilians by France. was.
Stern also showed Wertheim what he described as "one of the most effective leaflets" used by the U.S. military during World War II. rice field. Stern explained that many German soldiers who found this leaflet kept it secretly and gave it credit because it contained the signature of General Dwight Eisenhower.
You can see more of Stern's World War II artifacts in the video above.
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