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ThyssenKrupp AG board of directors member Berthold Beitz prior to the annual shareholders meeting of the steel company in Bochum, Germany, in 2012. (Frank Augstein / Associated Press)
Heinrich Boere is shown at his trial in Aachen, Germany. During the proceedings, Boere admitted to killing three civilians as a member of the “Silbertanne,” or “Silver Fir,” hit squad -- a unit of largely Dutch SS volunteers responsible for reprisal killings of countrymen who were considered anti-Nazi. (Martin Meissner / Associated Press)
Alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary covers his face in a car as he leaves the Budapest prosecutor’s office in 2012, where he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes. He was indicted in June 2013 by Hungarian authorities for abusing Jews and contributing to their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II. (Bea Kallos / Associated Press)
Medal of Honor recipient Walter Ehlers of Buena Park carries a flag in Huntington Beach’s 2006 Fourth of July Parade. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
William “Wild Bill” Guarnere participates in the Veterans Day parade in Media, Pa., in 2004. Guarnere was one of the World War II veterans whose exploits were dramatized in the TV miniseries “Band of Brothers.” (Jacqueline Larma / Associated Press)
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, in 2004. (Lucy Pemoni / Associated Press)
Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland’s last communist leader, has died at age 90. Above, Jaruzelski in 2009 (Francois Mori / Associated Press)
Chester Nez stands outside his son’s home in Albuquerque in 2001, the year he received the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian honor, from President George W. Bush. (Jake Schoellkopf / For The Times)
On March 11, 1974, former Japanese imperial army soldier Hiroo Onoda, right, offered his military sword to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, left, in surrender at the Malacanan Palace in Manila. (Jiji Press / AFP/Getty Images)
President Truman presented Nicholas Oresko with his Medal of Honor on Oct. 30, 1945. The medal is awarded by Congress for risk of life in combat above and beyond the call of duty. (Jerry McCrea / Associated Press)
Mary Soames, left, the youngest daughter of Clementine and Winston Churchill, all seen here in 1963, has died at 91. (Leonard Brown / Associated Press)
German-Jewish writer Stefanie Zweig, best known for her autobiographical novel “Nowhere in Africa,” has died at 81. (Uwe Zucchi / Associated Press)