Holocaust survivor says service was to thank US
As Americans thank members of the military this Veterans Day, one Marine from Stamford says serving was his way of thanking the country. Kurt Zimbler left college and enlisted in the Marine Corps in
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Nov 12, 2015, 3:05 AM
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As Americans thank members of the military this Veterans Day, one Marine from Stamford says serving was his way of thanking the country.
Kurt Zimbler left college and enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1952 during the Korean War.
He deployed to Japan and Korea and attained a sergeant's rank.
Zimbler was born into an affluent Jewish family in Austria. They fled the Nazis to New York when he was 8 years old.
"I cried when I saw the Statue of Liberty," Zimbler said Wednesday. "In fact right now I'm moved to tears again just thinking about it."
That's why he joined the Marines.
"Being a Holocaust survivor, I had the additional feeling that literally I owed something to my adopted country," Zimbler said.
After the Korean War, he remained in the reserves and settled down in Stamford, where he married and raised a family.
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