ATLANTA — Hilbert Margol says he didn’t look on himself as a hero when his U.S. Army artillery unit fought its way across Europe during World War II. But he will be feted in France as one of 60 American veterans of that conflict traveling to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings. World War II veteran …
DUNWOODY, Ga. — A profile of Hilbert Margol, of Dunwoody, Georgia, one of a dwindling number of veterans took part in the Allies’ European war effort that led to the defeat of Nazi Germany. “OUTLIVE THE OFFSPRING OF THE DENIERS” Victory over Germany was in sight for the Allies on April 29, 1945, as the 42nd Infantry Division stormed toward …