Texas World War II veteran dies as loved ones remember legacy [Video]

LAGO VISTA, Texas — Archie Barrett rifles through the pages of a book about a hero he’s heard many times before.

The main character is crawling through a ditch, trying to stay hidden from the enemy.

“It’s where he’s escaping from a German prison camp,” Barrett said. “I expected to be discovered any moment and to feel machine gun bullets ripping into my body.”

It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood film, but Barrett says this story about his friend Harvey Gann is all true.

“There are lots of veterans, and they all need to be appreciated, but [Gann] was a special, special veteran,” Barrett said.

According to loved ones, Gann was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1920 before moving to …