Jake Larson, the 102-year-old veteran who garnered over a million followers online as "Papa Jake," died over the weekend, his family confirmed. "Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at ...
PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran “Papa Jake” Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate ...
Families in Normandy, France, are getting ready to celebrate the life of "Papa Jake" Larson — a Minnesota native and war hero. He helped plan the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach, and later became a ...