Posted on 09/14/2020 11:56:22 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
The oldest living Marine in the United States will celebrate her 107th birthday this month.
Dorothy Dot Cole was 29 years old when she enlisted in the Marine Corps. She had been confirmed as the oldest living female U.S. Marine. But today, she is the oldest living person to have served in the Corps. She will celebrate her 107th birthday Sept. 19. Her service in the corps began in a time when few women had served as Marines.
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Semper Fi....hang in there.
God bless her.
Bet she doesn’t look a day over 100. Like Mick Jagger and
Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin.
Its Bea Arthur, who later starred in the sitcom The Golden Girls.
But then there’s “Maude”!
He’s 4 years younger than our oldest living World War II veteran, who is 111 years old.
See here:
Semper Fi Marine! And happy birthday!
Bless you and Semper Fi, Marine. Thanks for your service to this country and your contribution to continuing our liberties.
I didn’t much care at all for Bea Arthur’s politics, but you have to give credit where credit is due - she served at a time when she didn’t have to, and could easily have gotten out of serving by not enlisting. So I give her credit for that; not much else, mind you, but that she deserves.
The oldest living people in the US are 115 (two women born in August 1905). The list of the 50 oldest living people in the world is exclusively women. The oldest is 117.
The oldest living Marine, who served in WWII just turned 111 this past week....I’m confused....
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