Follow this link to see the front page story that featured Len Kovar’s picture and World War 2 prisoner of war survival experience in the Sacramento Bee. Exclusive quotes by Len are featured.
Len was a docent on Free Museum Day at the former McClellan Airforce Base, now Sacramento’s Aerospace Museum of California.
Len Shook hands with hundreds if not thousands of museum visitors and shared his story, “WWII Prisoner of War: How I Survived” with them. The Sacramento Bee reported that roughly 8000 patrons visited on February 4th, 2012. Edward Ortiz, eortiz@sacbee.com, wrote this article, “Aerospace docents tell lively tales during special museum day,” which featured Len Kovar.
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It’s no surprise this airman still fits the uniform he wore at 22, I personally saw him do 100 pushups on his 80th birthday! Congratulations on keeping history in people’s thoughts, those who forget the past are likely to repeat it is what I’ve heard and we don’t want to go there again. Thanks for telling your story. Best wishes.