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Army veteran recounts time in service

By Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily, 911th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published September 09, 2016

Guy Prestia, 94, attends a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016. Prestia, an Ellwood City, Pa., native, served in the Army overseas for three years with the 45th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily)
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Guy Prestia, 94, attends a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016. Prestia, an Ellwood City, Pa., native, served in the Army overseas for three years with the 45th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily)

Guy Prestia, 94, stands in front of a C-130 Hercules for a photo at a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016. Prestia was drafted in the Army in 1942 as an infantryman with the 45th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily)
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Guy Prestia, 94, stands in front of a C-130 Hercules for a photo at a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016. Prestia was drafted in the Army in 1942 as an infantryman with the 45th Infantry Division. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily)

Guy Prestia, 94, shows the word "Dachau" engraved on his cane at a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016. While serving in the Army, Prestia and his company helped to liberate 31,000 people from the Dachau concentration camp, Germany, during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily)
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Guy Prestia, 94, shows the word "Dachau" engraved on his cane at a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016. While serving in the Army, Prestia and his company helped to liberate 31,000 people from the Dachau concentration camp, Germany, during World War II. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bethany Kobily)

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PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. --

"There's three reasons I joined the Army. One, I'm patriotic. Two, I'm loyal. And three, because they asked me," said Guy Prestia, 94, veteran of Army, at a Veterans Breakfast Club event at the 911th International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., Sept. 9, 2016.

Prestia, from Ellwood City, Pa., was drafted into the Army in 1942. With his company he helped liberate 31,000 people from the Dachau concentration camp during World War II.