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Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema - Sgt Barker - 10-19-2007 Mr. Roelfzema died last month. His passing is just another reminder of WWII fading into history. I heard him speak at the opening of the film Soldier of Orange, and excellent WWII movie, in Seattle back in the 70s. A quote from him in the TimesOnline (London... not the US rag), obituary. “I became a war hero because I stuck out”, he said, “because I wrote about my experiences. But behind every soldier decorated with military honours, there are a hundred anonymous heroes, some of them greater. I had the fortune to be recognised, and to grow old.” An extraordinary man. RIP