James Peyton tells ABC15 he was injured multiple times in combat - in one incident, he explains he had to remove shrapnel from his own chest and had no other choice.

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World War II veteran Matt Gutman, 99, died Thursday of natural causes at Phoebe Terrace in Allentown, where he had lived since 2017.

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