Jake Larson, a WWII veteran who became a TikTok star as 'Papa Jake', has died at 102

Jake Larson, a WWII veteran who became a TikTok star as 'Papa Jake', has died at 102


He was then assigned to the U.S. Army's 135th Infantry Regiment in the 34th Infantry Division — which is known as the "Red Bull." During WWII, Larson was deployed to Ireland, and then on June 6, 1944, he was one of 34,000 Allied soldiers to storm Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion of German-occupied Normandy. I was scared of stepping on a landmine, and that's what I was trying to prevent," Larson said in a video posted by the U.S. Army last month.

Author: Chandelis Duster


Published at: 2025-07-20 19:05:11

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