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D-Day Veteran and TikTok Star 'Papa Jake' Larson Dies at 102
UNITED STATES, JUL 19 – Jake Larson gained over 1.2 million TikTok followers by sharing WWII stories and was honored with the Bronze Star and France's Legion of Honor for his service and storytelling.
- Saturday, his granddaughter announced that Jake Larson, the World War II veteran and TikTok star, died peacefully at 102, cracking jokes until the end, McKaela Larson said.
- Jake Larson born December 20, 1922, in Hope, Minnesota, lied about his age to join the National Guard in 1938 at 15, and gained over 1 million followers on TikTok.
- During a June 2024 CNN interview in Normandy, France, Larson remembered the invasion 'like it was yesterday,' he told CNN.
- Following his social media success, Christiane Amanpour won an Emmy over three weeks ago and shared the honor with Jake Larson.
- In his absence, Papa Jake Larson leaves a legacy of a free world and calls on the public to continue honoring veterans like him.
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Jake Larson, one of the most famous American veterans of the Second World War still alive, died on 17 July. Originally from Minnesota, he was only 21 years old during the Disembarkation on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944, which he regularly returned to Normandy. The centenary was followed by more than one million people on social networks where he shared these moments of history with the youngest. - He had moved on to the 80th anniversary of the Dise…
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On June 6, 1944, Private Jake Larson participated in one of the most relevant events of World War II. He was only 21 years old — the same ones who today have many of his 1.2 million followers in TikTok — when he became one of the 160,000 men who landed on the beaches of Normandy to join allied efforts to defeat Nazism. Eight decades after that event, known in history as D-Day, Larson became a star on the Chinese social network: nearly 11 million…
'Papa' Jake Larson, D-Day veteran and TikTok star, dies at 102
D-Day veteran "Papa" Jake Larson, who became a beloved social media star later in life, has died at 102.Born in Minnesota in 1922, Larson enlisted underage in the National Guard, later surviving German gunfire in Normandy in 1944. In his 90s, he began sharing stories of his time at war and experiences with fallen comrades, capturing millions of hearts on TikTok and making global headlines.In an interview with the AP, Larson spoke about the horro…
Who was Papa Jake Larson, the 102-year-old WWII hero and TikTok star who inspired millions?
Jake 'Papa Jake' Larson, a decorated World War II veteran and D-Day survivor who became a TikTok sensation in his 90s, has died at 102. From storming Omaha Beach in 1944 to sharing wartime stories with 1.2 million followers online, Larson’s extraordinary life bridged generations and preserved the memory of one of history’s most pivotal eras
TikTok star with millions of followers who stormed D-Day beaches dies aged 102 - The Mirror
Becoming a sensation on TikTok, World War Two veteran Jake Larson, also known as Papa Jake, who avoided machine gun fire when storming the beach on D-Day, has died aged 102
Jake Larson, a veteran of the Second World War, had become famous by sharing his stories on the front. "Papa Jake", as he was nicknamed, had survived the Disembarkation on June 6, 1944.
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