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Not many left and the few remaining are getting called home rapidly.
Drafted into the Army at age 31, Brooks was assigned to the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion, serving as a cook, driver, and valet for three of the battalion's officers.
Drafted into the Army at age 31, Brooks was assigned to the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion, serving as a cook, driver, and valet for three of the battalion's officers.
Oldest US World War II veteran dies at 112 in New Orleans
His daughter plans to bury him wearing his new, replacement Army uniform, as he requested.
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