COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — World War II veteran Jake Larson, a 100-year-old American best known on social media under the name “Papa Jake,” enjoyed giving hugs to the many fans he met during his ...

WWII veteran Jake Larson has died at 102. Here, Larson meets youths during ceremonies commemorating the 81st anniversary of D-Day on June 6 in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy. (Thomas Padilla/AP) PARIS — ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Papa Jake” Larson, a World War II D-Day veteran who catapulted to TikTok stardom with stories of the war and his fellow soldiers, has died. He was 102. His granddaughter McKaela Larson announced his ...

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 ...

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 ...

Credit: Lou Benoist / AFP via Getty Images. D-Day veteran "Papa" Jake Larson, who became a beloved social media star later in life, has died at 102. Born in Minnesota in 1922, Larson enlisted underage ...