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Editor's note: Today is the 50th anniversary of the Oct. 23, 1956, Hungarian revolt against the puppet Soviet regime that brutally ruled Hungary at that time. It was this uprising by brave countrymen and women that led Time magazine to select the Hungarian Freedom Fighter as its Man of the Year cover.
At 10 years of age in 1956, Lou Banas was the eldest child of parents in Budapest, Hungary. The parents bundled up their four children and fled to America to escape possible death or enslavement in Soviet-occupied Hungary.See the full content of this document
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Fighting for Freedom
Banas, now 60, and his wife, Agnes, (who he met and married in Hungary in 1973) are in Budapest as of this writing. They recently bought a retirement home there. They divide their time between Budapest and their home in Brea in Orange County.
Banas' university degree is in journalism. His career in communications spanned 34 years, the pas...See the full content of this document
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