Lives Lost: Veteran guarded Nazis during war crimes trial

Emily DiPalma Aho pauses as she reflects on memories about her father, Emilio DiPalma, a World War II veteran, during an interview at her home in Jaffrey, N.H., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. The elder DiPalma, who as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman stood guard at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials, died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Emily DiPalma Aho walks around the paddock of her home with dog Charlie in Jaffrey, N.H., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Emily's father, Emilio DiPalma, stood guard as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials. Emilio died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Emily DiPalma Aho looks over photographs and memorabilia of her father, Emilio DiPalma, a World War II veteran, at her home in Jaffrey, N.H., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Emilio, who as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman stood guard at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials, died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Emily DiPalma Aho, right, kisses her husband, George, as he leaves for a doctor's appointment, at their home in Jaffrey, N.H., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Her father, Emilio DiPalma, stood guard as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials. Emilio DiPalma died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

In this 1945 or 1946 photograph provided by Emily DiPalma Aho, Emily DiPalma Aho's father, Emilio DiPalma, stands outside the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany. Emilio died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (Courtesy of Emily DiPalma Aho via AP)

Emily DiPalma Aho holds the Palace of Justice building pass of her father, World War II veteran Emilio DiPalma, at her home in Jaffrey, N.H., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Emilio DiPalma, who as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman stood guard at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials, died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

In this May 2000 family photograph provided by Emily DiPalma Aho, Emily DiPalma Aho's father, Emilio DiPalma, stands in the spot where he stood guard as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials. Emilio DiPalma died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (Courtesy of Emily DiPalma Aho via AP)

Emily DiPalma Aho looks over photographs and memorabilia of her father, Emilio DiPalma, a World War II veteran, at her home in Jaffrey, N.H., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Emilio DiPalma, who as a 19-year-old U.S. Army infantryman stood guard at the Nuremberg Nazi war crimes trials, died last month at the age of 93 after contracting the coronavirus at Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)