BELGRADE — Montana’s oldest World War II Veteran passed away Monday in Belgrade.
Ernest Hoffman was 106.
Last year, a packed crowd cheered Hoffman at the Veteran’s Day celebrations in Belgrade.
Hoffman was in Europe during the war and was at the Battle of the Bulge. He was a Belgrade High School graduate.
Hoffman was described as very easy to talk to, a quiet and humble man with a heritage from Switzerland.
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