He knew the roads well, because he helped build most of them. In the final months of his life, 97-year-old World War II veteran Bill Chambers would go on long drives with his daughter near Seattle. Chambers died March 14 after contracting the coronavirus.
He saw paratroopers shot from the sky and buried soldiers he knew. He saw Holocaust survivors treading the roads and gave them whatever food he had. He spent Christmas Eve 1944 with other troops in a barn in Holland. Grateful villagers serenaded them with carols.
Chambers was slight, short and quick, happy, kind and full of gratitude, but not overly affectionate — Cooper doesn’t remember him telling her he loved her until about a year ago. He enjoyed playing sports. His wife wasn’t a dancer, but he would venture into Seattle with friends to foxtrot and swing.
They would go to her daughter Kelly Adsero’s house, where Adsero’s young daughter — Chambers’ great-granddaughter — would make him donuts, apple crisps or other favorite soft foods. After not brushing his teeth during the war, he eventually lost them.
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