Twin WWII vets celebrate their 92nd birthdays

The El Paso Times tells the story of twins Manuel Luis “Manny” Santoscoy and Luis Manuel “Louis” Santoscoy who are celebrating their 92nd birthday together;

When they were drafted at the age of 18 while juniors at El Paso High School and shipped to the southwest Pacific during World War II, it would only make sense that they would seek to be together and protect each while fighting the Japanese. The two started off as excited new members of the U.S. Air Force, but within weeks were sent to the 24th Infantry Division, 34th Regiment, Company H, when replacements were needed.

Though some of their memories are not as sharp, the twins — who celebrated their 92nd birthday Wednesday in El Paso — found their adventure, although perilous at times, in the service.

You should click over and read the whole article, because I don’t want to take anything from the author who, obviously, took a lot of pains to write the story of these two brothers. These two American heroes.

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