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102 year old war hero says he's the "luckiest man alive"

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Malcolm Howard was captured by the Germans in 1942 while taking part in Operation Torch .

His mother died of cancer in 1929 when he was six , but they tried to keep it from him.

Malcolm spent the first few years of his life in London where his father ran a barbershop.

His father was badly gassed in first world war and his legs and stomach had shrapnel in them.

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53

Informative language

52

Neutral language

7

Article tone

informal

Language

English

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26

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possibly offensive

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possibly hateful

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short-lived

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