Photos: WWII vet, children he saved reunite

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Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler smiles as he arrives at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler poses with Giulio, left, Mafalda, right, and Giuliana Naldi that he saved during a WWII at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler touches a rock where he was sitting with Giulio, Mafalda, and Giuliana Naldi to take picture after saving them during WWII, in Monterenzio, near Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler poses with Giulio, left, Mafalda, right, and Giuliana Naldi that he saved during a WWII at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler sits in front of the house where he saved Giulio, Mafalda, and Giuliana Naldi, during WWII, in Monterenzio, near Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler's wife wears a t-shirt with a picture with her husband, Giulio, Mafalda, and Giuliana Naldi taken during a WWII, at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler holds Giuliana Naldi's hand that he saved during a WWII, at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler speaks with journalists at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler, right, is welcomed upon his arrival by Giulio Mafalda Giuliana Naldi that he saved during a WWII at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler sits in front of the house where he saved Giulio, Mafalda, and Giuliana Naldi, during a WWII, in Monterenzio, near Bologna, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion Martin Adler, a 97-year-old retired American soldier, center, receives a kiss from Mafalda, right, and Giuliana Naldi, whom he saved during WWII, during a reunion at Bologna's airport, in Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The veteran met the three siblings - now octogenarians themselves - in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

Reunion A 97 year old retired American soldier Martin Adler, center, poses with Giulio, left, Mafalda, right, and Giuliana Naldi that he saved during a WWII at Bologna's airport, Italy, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a back-and-white photo of himself as a young soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. The 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings -- now octogenarians themselves -- in person for the first time on Monday, eight months after a video reunion. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) (Antonio Calanni/AP)

August 24, 2021 at 2:31 pm EDT

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