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Peter Spoden - Wikipedia
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Thomas W. Horton (RAF officer) - Wikipedia
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Peter Spoden - Wikipedia
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The Aircraft of Hptm. Peter Spoden I./ NJG 6
I'm sure there's more than a few of you who know of this man. I've been fortunate enough to have been corresponding through email with this gentleman for the past year or so, or more correctly he's been putting up with my stupid questions for a year or so! Peter was Gruppenkommandeur of I./...
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Lawrence N. Brooks, 112, Oldest American World War II Veteran, Dies (Published 2022)
He served in the largely African American 91st engineering unit at a time of segregation in the Army.
... Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed their home in 2005. He was in his late 90s at the time, and had to be rescued from his roof by helicopter. His daughter Vanessa described him as "resilient."
"He's real tough, and that's one thing I learned from him," she told The Associated Press. "If nothing else, he instilled in me, 'Do your best, and whatever you can't do, it don't make no sense to worry about it.' I think that's why he has lived as long as he has."
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And another unfortunately. 102 is not a bad run tho. Link was sent to me or I would not have known
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Pioneering US military pilot Charles McGee dies at 102
A member of the first all-black aviation unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, he flew more than 400 missions.
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And another unfortunately. 102 is not a bad run tho. Link was sent to me or I would not have known
Pioneering US military pilot Charles McGee dies at 102
A member of the first all-black aviation unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, he flew more than 400 missions.
Peter Spoden - Wikipedia
Thomas W. Horton (RAF officer) - Wikipedia
Lawrence N. Brooks, 112, Oldest American World War II Veteran, Dies (Published 2022)
He served in the largely African American 91st engineering unit at a time of segregation in the Army.www.nytimes.com
... Hurricane Katrina, which destroyed their home in 2005. He was in his late 90s at the time, and had to be rescued from his roof by helicopter. His daughter Vanessa described him as "resilient."
"He's real tough, and that's one thing I learned from him," she told The Associated Press. "If nothing else, he instilled in me, 'Do your best, and whatever you can't do, it don't make no sense to worry about it.' I think that's why he has lived as long as he has."