‘Have courage’: Daughter asking veterans to bid farewell to her late father, WWII veteran - Gainesville Times

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‘Have courage’: Daughter asking veterans to bid farewell to her late father, WWII veteran

Pfc. Cornelius Cornelssen VIII, born July 25, 1925, in Manhattan and died Dec. 17, 2018, in Hoschton. A celebration of life is planned for noon Saturday, Dec. 29, in Flowery Branch.

12242018 VETERAN 1.jpg — Pfc. Cornelius Cornelssen VIII, born July 25, 1925, in Manhattan and died Dec. 17, 2018, in Hoschton. A celebration of life is planned for noon Saturday, Dec. 29, in Flowery Branch.

Have courage. That’s how Cornelius Cornelssen VII signed off on a brief telegram to his son, Cornelius VIII, who had just been wounded in Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1945.