Retired Army chaplain saw history up close in St. Louis area and all around the world
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Msgr. Jerome Sommer delights in talking about history — especially the kind he’s lived through himself.
At age 95, Msgr. Sommer has a sharp mind for detail, recalling names, dates and events from long ago with clarity.
Much of that history is military history, since Msgr. Sommer served from 1945 to 1974 as a U.S. Army chaplain, about half of the time overseas in the Philippines, Japan, Hawaii, Germany, Korea, Turkey and Vietnam.
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