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Old 10-02-2018, 11:44   #1
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Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, Special Forces legend, Holocaust survivor, has died

Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, Special Forces legend, Holocaust survivor, has died

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/2018...vivor-has-died

"Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow survived three years in a Nazi concentration camp, he deployed twice to the jungles of Vietnam and he was the top U.S. Army officer in Berlin at the end of the Cold War.

Along the way, the general became a legendary Special Forces officer, revered by many in the close-knit community of Green Berets.

Maj. Gen. Shachnow, 83, who lived in Southern Pines with his wife, Arlene, died Friday. But his legacy, officials said, will live on.

Born in Lithuania in 1934, Maj. Gen. Shachnow faced oppression in his homeland and found his calling in the U.S. Army after immigrating to America in 1950......"
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