US EditionD-Day Veteran and TikTok Star 'Papa Jake' Larson Dies at 102
FRANCE, JUL 19 – Jake Larson, a D-Day veteran and TikTok star with 1.2 million followers, shared firsthand WWII stories and was honored with an Emmy for his interviews, inspiring younger generations.
- 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, 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.
·Paris, France
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"Papa" Jake Larson, a World War II veteran and TikTok star, has died at the age of 102. Larson was among the Allied troops who attacked Nazi German forces on the beaches of northern France on "D-Day" in 1944. He gained 1.2 million TikTok followers with his wartime stories.
·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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World War II veteran Jake Larson, known on TikTok as Papa Jake, has died at the age of 102. His granddaughter announced the news.
·Amsterdam, Netherlands
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It helped to plan the landing in Normandy of the "44" and the assault of Omaha Beach
·Italy
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