D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II ...

Jake Larson, a World War II veteran who shared his stories with scores of TikTok admirers who knew him as “Papa Jake,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 102. For five years, Mr. Larson shared his ...

PARIS (AP) — D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy’s bluffs in 1944 and then garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate ...

In this photo taken April 29, 2019, D-Day veteran Jake Larson poses before going for a ride in the "The Spirit of Benovia" World War II-era aircraft in Oakland, Calif. Credit: Eric Risberg/AP PARIS ...

World War II veteran Jake Larson, better known online as “Papa Jake,” died on Thursday, July 17. The social media star, who attracted 1.2 million followers on TikTok, was 102 “years young,” according ...

An animated speaker who charmed strangers young and old with his quick smile and generous hugs, the self-described country boy from Minnesota was ‘’cracking jokes til the end,’’ his granddaughter ...