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Veterans Mark 60 Years Since Liberation of Nazi Camp

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Sixty years ago this week the Buchenwald concentration camp was liberated. More than 43,000 people are estimated to have died at the Nazi death camp. An Oshkosh veterans group is marking the anniversary later this week with a tribute to a Wisconsin soldier who was among the first to walk through the barbed wire gates. Patty Murray reports…

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