WWII hero and pioneering scientist dies at 100
Dr. Murray Heimberg escaped a Nazi prisoner of war camp. (Houston Cofield/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“They talk about the greatest generation. (Dr. Murray Heimberg) was one of them.”
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