It's been more than 80 years since the end of World War II, and the Soldiers Memorial in downtown St.

Louis has exhibits that remember many St.

Louisans who served in that war.

One of them is 1st Lt.

John Kriegshauser.

We're a military history museum, but everything we share is from a St.

Louis perspective.

On a recent Sunday afternoon, they presented Kriegshauser's whole story, one that, at least locally, was unknown.

I knew nothing about today's story before Rebecca... Kriegshauser's act of bravery may not have been a widely known story in his hometown, but in Sheffield, England, Kriegshauser and his nine crew members are celebrated as heroes.

That's because of this man, Tony Foulds, a 94 year old Englishman who never met Kriegshauser or his crew, but owes his life to them.

This to me so brave what they did.

They gave they gave the life for me and our lives.

When Tony was just eight years old on February 22nd, 1944, he and his friends were at Encliff Park in Sheffield, England, when a large, battle-damaged American bomber named Mi Amigo was returning from a mission and needed to make an emergency landing.

We heard this sound.

It was the biggest plane we've ever seen during the war, the B-17 Flame Fortress.

They'd been trying to find somewhere to land.

Because that was the only park in Sheffield that was flat, they were trying to land on there.

Because we were on, and this is where the bravery comes.

Oh, excuse my bad.

♪♪ - Knowing he could not safely land the plane without killing the children on the ground, 24-year-old Lieutenant Kriegshauser downed the plane into nearby trees.

The B-17 exploded immediately, killing all 10 crew members on board.

Because it was that brave, they gave their lives for us.

We wouldn't have lasted if the plane had tried to land.

Kriegshauser was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.

Knowing the crew of the Mi Amigo deliberately sacrificed themselves to avoid hitting him and other children is something Tony carries with him daily.

In 1969, a memorial was erected to honor the crew at the site of the crash.

And Tony spends his days tending to it.

First of all, I clean up, make sure everything's nice and clean.

All the paths, everything.

I go there regularly.

I lay flowers, I wreath.

And when I say I wreath, I mean a wreath.

And then I start talking to people who are interested.

Tony is in St.

Louis because of one of those people that were interested.

On a trip to England, St.

Louisan Rebecca Dunn found herself at the Mi Amigo Memorial.

I met Tony and we had a little cry and I thanked him for standing next to the Americans.

And when we were leaving, I had my youngest with me and I told him he had to read every name out loud of each man before we could leave.

And when we got to the pilot, it's going to make me cry.

The pilot was from St.

Louis.

And I was so shocked.

And I told Tony, I live in St.

Louis.

And I said, have you been?

And he said, I've never even been to America.

So I said, well, you're going.

I'm going to bring you.

Rebecca set up a GoFundMe, and she raised the money to bring Tony to America.

But bringing Tony to the States wasn't about him visiting a country he's never been to.

It was about visiting St.

Louis specifically, the place Lt.

John Kriegshauser was born and raised, the place where he is buried.

This time on American soil, escorted by the lieutenant's nephew, Tony got a chance to lay a wreath at the grave of the man who gave his life so a young boy in England could grow into an old man.

It is so special to me.

And I pray every morning for him, every night for him.

It will be a real cry, not just feeling about it.

But I know that his spirit is still in Sheffield.