Veteran's Day - American Hero

Brigadier General Albin Irzyk is an american hero and veteran of two wars.  Irzyk served under General Patton during the Battle of the Bulge and was responsible for helping liberate Belgium civilians during WW II.

In September of 2009, 65 years after he helped liberate Chaumont, a park was named in his honor.

You can read about that ceremony by visiting this site:
http://users.skynet.be/wielewaal/General_Albin_Irzyk.htm

In these clips, uVu had a chance to sit with General Irzyk and hear about his travels to Europe for the ceremony.

In the town of Voellerdingen, General Irzyk met the daughter of a man who had saved his life 65 year's earlier.

In Domnom-lès-Dieuze, General Irzyk finds a village much the same as he recalled it 65 years earlier, shortly before the Battle of the Bulge began.

In Chaumont, the General discusses the reason for his travels, to visit the town where he has a park named in his honor.