World War II veteran Richard DeVerter recently toured the Berks Military History Museum with state Rep. Mark M. Gillen of Berks County. While in the museum's Holocaust room, the 97-year-old DeVerter recounted his grief at the sight of just-liberated inmates still in Germany's Buchenwald concentration camp. DeVerter served in Gen. Patton's Third Army as a crew member on a half-track in the 8th Armored Division. He now lives with his wife, Marie, in Lancaster.

Gillen is the chairman of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Veteran Affairs committee.