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I'm here, hopefully to tell young people that i count on them. >> reporter: edie was just 16 years old when she arrived at auschwitz from her native hungary with her family in may 1944. nazi physician joseph was standing at the end of the train platform. known as the angel of death, he performed cruel and often deadly medical experiments on his prisoners. >> he pointed my mom to go to the left and i followed her. he came after me, grabbed me. i never forget those eyes. he said, your mother is just going to take a shower. you'll see her soon. >> reporter: edie never saw her again. both her pare...

Injured men and ways, there's more. trace gallagher has it live from l.a. >> reporter: i was reading all morning about this man. you talk about epic courage, van thomas barfoot a. native american, fought in world war ii, korea, vietnam, got a purple heart, but it was during the battle of omzia where he received the battle of honor, may 1944, two weeks before d day, the germans were moving forward in italy, sergeant barfoot led his platoon, he took out a german machine gun with a grenade, then took out a second machine gun, when he reached the third, the entire german crew, they surrendered, 17...