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The oldest known US WWII veteran dies at 112

by Lauren M. Johnson and CNN Newsource January 5, 2022January 5, 2022

The oldest known living US World War II veteran died Wednesday at 112, the National WWII Museum said. Lawrence Brooks was drafted into the US Army at 31 and spent World War II in the predominantly African American 91st Engineer Battalion, which was stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines, according to the museum. After […]

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