The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Thursday, April 8, 2021

One of Last Two WW II Medal of Honor Recipients Dies, Charles Coolidge, 99

From April 7, 2021, 6 WBRC "Tennessee World War II hero passes away at 99" by Peter Zampa/Gray DC.

Charles Coolidge, 99, died in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was one of the last two living WW II Medal of Honor recipients.  His death Tuesday April 6 serves as a stark reminder  that the Greatest Generation is getting smaller every day.

The Charles Coolidge Medal of Honor  Heritage Center in Chattanooga confirmed the sad news.

Coolidge was one of 472 Medal of Honor winners during the war.  He received it for fighting off dozens of German soldiers to save his own men.

--GreGen


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