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Nation’s oldest military veteran dead at 112

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Post by The Pantry 2018-12-28, 05:28

America’s oldest veteran, Richard Overton, who served in the Army during World War II and credited God, whiskey and cigars for his remarkable longevity, died Thursday in Texas at the age of 112, reports say.

He had been hospitalized for the last week with pneumonia, his family said.

Shirley Overton, whose husband was Richard’s cousin, said the vet died Thursday evening at a rehab facility in Austin.

Overton, who was also thought to be the oldest living American, was born in 1906 in Bastrop County, just outside Austin, Texas.

Overton was in his 30s when he volunteered for the Army, and was at Pearl Harbor just after the Japanese surprise attack in 1941.

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Post by kingstonlake 2018-12-28, 07:41

RIP sir.
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Post by DWags 2018-12-28, 08:18

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Post by Guest 2018-12-28, 09:43

RIP, pretty cool that he volunteered in his 30s.

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Post by The Pantry 2018-12-28, 10:19

Pretty wild life span. Was old enough to understand news the Titanic sank. My oldest news memory is when JFK was assassinated.

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Post by Rocinante 2018-12-28, 12:25

The Pantry wrote:Pretty wild life span. Was old enough to understand news the Titanic sank. My oldest news memory is when JFK was assassinated.

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Post by aualum06 2018-12-28, 20:18

Can't take credit for this but the man was alive to see the Cubs win three world series. That's incredible
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