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Davis was born on October 29, 1919, and grew up in Virginia with her five brothers. [1] At the start of World War Two, she worked for the United States Mint. [1] She joined the Women's Army Corps in 1943 and was one of 885 women who served in the United States Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only predominantly all-black US Women's Army Corps unit sent overseas during ...
The people listed below are, or were, the last surviving members of notable groups of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II between 1939 and 1945. Background shading indicates the individual is still living Last survivors Veteran Birth Death Notability Service Allegiance Aimé Acton 1917 or 1918 13 December 2020 (aged 102) Last ...
Colonel Ruby Bradley (December 19, 1907 – May 28, 2002) was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, and one of the most decorated women in the United States military. [1] She was a native of Spencer, West Virginia but lived in Falls Church, Virginia, for over 50 years.
At 108 years old, Lucy Coffey is the world's oldest living female World War II veteran. Coffey served as a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, and KENS reports that last weekend, she was ...
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Sadie Carrie Owney Horton (October 25, 1899 – December 8, 1997) was an American female mariner who worked aboard an East Coast U.S. Merchant Marine barge. In February 2017, Horton posthumously received official U.S. military veteran's status for her wartime service, becoming the first recorded female Merchant Marine veteran of World War II.
The VA Medical Center in Philadelphia is recognizing two female World War II veterans, Marine veteran May Brill and former Tuskegee Airwoman Callie Odom Gentry during Women's History Month.
This is a chronological list of the last known surviving veterans of battles, sieges, campaigns, and other military operations throughout history. The listed operations span from the 5th century BC to the end of World War II. Excluded from this list are last living veterans of wars and insurgencies.