The nation’s oldest living Marine veteran died of a heart attack on Jan. 7. Sgt. Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1943 after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The 29-year-old initially had attempted to join the Navy two years earlier but was told she didn’t meet their height standards. The Marine Corps […]
When Dorothy Schmidt Cole joined the Marine Corps in July 1943, she wasn’t thinking about the impact her service would have on the Corps or on generations of women to come. She just wanted that stylish uniform. “I loved the hats we were wearing,” Cole said in a call with Marine Corps Times on Monday. […]
The nation’s oldest living veteran of World War II turned 111 on Saturday. Louisiana resident Lawrence Brooks, born Sept. 12, 1909, was serenaded by staff at his VA facility and received birthday cards from all 50 states, CBS reported. Prior to his birthday, members of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans had organized an […]