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WWII Vet, 98, dons uniform for final salute before dying the next day
UK Daily Mail ^ | 11/14/14 | AP

Posted on 11/14/2014 1:34:46 PM PST by DFG

On Veterans Day, Justus Belfield donned his Army uniform one more time, even though he was too weak to leave his bed at an upstate New York nursing home.

The 98-year-old World War II veteran died the next day.

The Daily Gazette of Schenectady reports that Belfield had worn his uniform every Veterans Day since he and his wife moved into Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Glenville, outside Albany, several years ago.

On Tuesday, the former master sergeant wasn't able to get out of bed to participate in the facility's Veterans Day festivities, so he had the staff dress him in his uniform.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: belfield; glenville; vet; wwii
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Veterans ping.


41 posted on 11/14/2014 7:03:01 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Jet Jaguar

Duty done. He’s resting in a much, much better place now.


42 posted on 11/14/2014 7:06:49 PM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

BTTT


43 posted on 11/15/2014 1:07:26 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: ladyjane
We have a patriot in a nursing home and a traitor in the White House.

That's a very powerful and thought provoking comment.

44 posted on 11/15/2014 10:30:11 AM PST by lonevoice (Life is short. Make fun of it.)
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To: DFG
Happens here in New York, so naturally, I have to read about it through the UK.

Thank you, sir. Rest well.

45 posted on 11/15/2014 1:11:09 PM PST by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: lonevoice

What a poignant story. RIP, Sergeant.


46 posted on 11/16/2014 10:26:02 AM PST by Pride in the USA
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