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ST. SIMONS ISLAND | Two years and 10 months after Ernest Andrus touched the Pacific Ocean and headed east on foot, the Atlantic washed over 93-year-old World War II veteran’s running shoes as he completed his cross-country run.
With family around him and more than 1,000 looking on, Andrus beamed as his daughter Cathy Ratledge and step-daughter Linda Inforzato kissed him on his cheeks.
He started his 429th and last leg just short of St. Simon Island with only one river left to cross, the Frederica, and 3.86 flat miles ahead of him. When he reached St. Simons, about 200…