70 years ago, Dr. Tom Steinberg was among troops who liberated Dachau

28th April, 2015 by

By Randy Wyrick

This is the first part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of death camps toward the end of World War II. Tom Steinberg was among the American and Allied troops who liberated Dachau. Steinberg eventually became Vail’s first full-time physician.Thursday: Life and death in Dachau.VAIL — Young Tom Steinberg was 21 years old and fighting his way through Bavaria with the U.S. Army that snowy spring in 1945. He and his buddies had been shot at, bombed on, rained on and snowed on. They were cold, hungry and exhausted. They were tough and battle tested.Nothing, though, …

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