From the Feb. 18, 2021, Topeka (Kansas) Capital-Journal by Rafael Garcia.
For those who know former U.S. Senator Bob Dole closely, know not to shake his right hand.
For those not so aware, Dole constantly keeps a pen in that hand whenever he's out in public. That pen serves two purposes. It is a gesture to dissuade people from shaking that hand and it is a therapeutic remedy to an injury that changed Dole's life forever. An injury that occurred in battle during World War II.
On Thursday, Bob Dole, 97, announced that he is battling advanced lung cancer and will begin treatment Monday.
Dole has a history of battling wounds and health issues dating back to his military service during World War II.
A native of Kansas, Bob Dole was briefly a student athlete on the University of Kansas' football, basketball and track teams when in December 1941 he learned that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. A year later, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve Corps and left for active duty in June 1943.
And, One of the Greatest of the Greatest. --GreGen
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