Whitey Ford
12-29-2018, 01:18 AM
The United States has lost its oldest World War II veteran. Richard Overton, who fought overseas in a segregated unit, died Thursday at age 112.
He was hospitalized recently after a bout with pneumonia and took his last antibiotic on Dec. 21 — "a true soldier in fighting this infection battle with all that he has," his cousin, Volma Overton, said on Facebook.
Segregated Unit - LOL
In an interview with the Austin American-Statesman, he described clearing bodies from battlefields and landing under fire more times than he could remember. "We got in the foxholes, and bullets were coming over our heads," he said.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/28/680643715/oldest-american-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at-112
He was hospitalized recently after a bout with pneumonia and took his last antibiotic on Dec. 21 — "a true soldier in fighting this infection battle with all that he has," his cousin, Volma Overton, said on Facebook.
Segregated Unit - LOL
In an interview with the Austin American-Statesman, he described clearing bodies from battlefields and landing under fire more times than he could remember. "We got in the foxholes, and bullets were coming over our heads," he said.
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/28/680643715/oldest-american-world-war-ii-veteran-dies-at-112