Lawrence Brooks of New Orleans was also believed to be the oldest man in the United States.
He had been the oldest American World War II veteran sinceBrooks was born on September 12, 1909, into a family of 15 children in the village of Norwood, Louisiana, and was drafted into the U.S. Army at the age of 31.
Brooks, a Black man, served during the war by cooking and cleaning for white officers in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines,to the World War II Museum, though Brooks recalled of his time there: “I was treated so much better in Australia than I was by my own white people.” He is survived by 5 children, 13 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren, according to the World War II Museum.“Serve God, and be nice to people,” Brooks would say when asked how to live a long life.Around 16 million Americans served in the military during World War II, but only a small fraction remain alive, with the youngest living veterans now in their mid-90s. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, about 240,000 U.S.
. About 234 die every day. The number of living WWII veterans is expected to drop under 100,000 by 2024 and fall below 50,000 by 2026, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The U.S. commemorated the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor last month. Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base killed more than 2,300 people and led to the U.S. entering World War II.
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