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.

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Pearl Harbor Survivor Dick Higgins' 100th Birthday and William White's 106th

From the July 24, 2021, KTVZ.

Dick Higgins is also a COVID 19 survivor.  They had a vehicle drive-by in his honor.

He survived growing up in the Dust Bowl as well as Pearl Harbor and then the virus.

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California Honors 106-year old Veteran WRAL

Major William White, USMC, is one of the longest-living WW II veterans and the community of Stockton honored his 106th birthday Saturday with a parade.  Norn in 1915, he joined the military in 1934.  His daughters say veterans affairs informs them  that their father is one of the three-longest-living WW II veterans.

Happy Birthdays.  --GreGen


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