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We celebrated. Big time: Gainesvilles Vance was in Okinawa when war ended

WWII veteran Bill Vance spent the war mostly in the Pacific with the Navy. Nowdays he gives presentations to young people about war history.

0830VJ Bill Vance 1 — WWII veteran Bill Vance spent the war mostly in the Pacific with the Navy. Nowdays he gives presentations to young people about war history.

Bill Vance was anxious to join the action. At the age of 15, the West Virginia native took a bottle of whiteout to his birth certificate, added a couple years to his life, and presented the doctored document to local recruiters. From there, it was off to the U.S. Navy.