Like Canadians at Vimy Ridge in 1917, Jews died there for Western civilization.

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during World War II.

Along the way, though, he stumbles across the truly harrowing scene of an abandoned concentration camp ... could be worthy to stand alongside Band of Brothers. Now that the credits have rolled ...

Created by executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Band of Brothers follows the journey of ... Easy Company find an abandoned concentration camp. While helping the survivors and burying ...

Franklin Simon didn't need to see "Saving Private Ryan," "Band of Brothers" or ... they discovered and liberated the Mauthausen concentration camp just east of Linz. Being among the soldiers ...