Families in Normandy, France, are getting ready to celebrate the life of "Papa Jake" Larson — a Minnesota native and war hero. He helped plan the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach, and later became a ...

PARIS — 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 ...

Jake “Papa Jake” Larson, a 102-year-old D-Day veteran who gained 1.2 million TikTok followers sharing his World War II experiences, died peacefully on July 17, his granddaughter announced. “Our ...

Jake Larson, the 102-year-old veteran who garnered over a million followers online as "Papa Jake," died over the weekend, his family confirmed. "Our beloved Papa Jake has passed away on July 17th at ...

Beloved World War II veteran and social media star Jake Larson, popularly known as “Papa Jake” on the internet, has died. He was 102. His death was confirmed by his granddaughter McKaela Larson in a ...