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Oldest living U.S. Veteran celebrates his 111th birthday in New Orleans
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:37 pm
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NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) -Lawrence Brooks, a New Orleans native and the oldest known U.S. veteran of World War II, celebrated his 111th birthday at his home today in New Orleans.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The National WWII Museum, which has hosted a birthday celebration for Mr. Brooks for the past five years, arranged a socially distant birthday celebration.
The museum’s vocal trio, The Victory Belles, performed a series of numbers including “Happy Birthday,” and Mr. Brooks enjoyed military plane flyovers courtesy of the Aeroshell Aerobatic Team and The Big Easy Wing.
The museum presented Mr. Brooks with a cake and collected nearly 10,000 birthday cards.
to a real hero Lawrence Brooks 
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Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:40 pm to SPEEDY
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:41 pm to SPEEDY
111 and still got a head full.
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:42 pm to SPEEDY
Dude looks amazing for 111.
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:42 pm to SPEEDY
111...geez what a blessed life
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:42 pm to SPEEDY
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:43 pm to SPEEDY
Friend,
How I wish I could share a hot chocolate or tea with him. The questions I would ask and the stories he could tell. Imagine being old enough to remember New Orleans in the 1910s!
Yours,
TulaneLSU
How I wish I could share a hot chocolate or tea with him. The questions I would ask and the stories he could tell. Imagine being old enough to remember New Orleans in the 1910s!
Yours,
TulaneLSU
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:46 pm to SPEEDY
Great American
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:48 pm to SPEEDY
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Lawrence Brooks
THAT is a name Drew should put on his helmet
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:48 pm to SPEEDY
Is this the cigar guy? Absolute Legend
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:49 pm to SPEEDY
to put this in perspective, he was in 4th grade during WWI
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:50 pm to SPEEDY
I would like to have a beer with that guy
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:55 pm to fallguy_1978
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This post was edited on 9/20/20 at 10:38 pm
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:58 pm to BigWillieStyle
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is this the cigar guy
Nope. That was Richard Overton.
He passed recently. Lived in Austin.
This post was edited on 9/13/20 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 9/13/20 at 6:59 pm to SPEEDY
Saw an older gentleman sitting by himself eating breakfast this morning. He had a World War II hat on. I called my waitress over and told her to bring me his bill. I paid it without saying anything to him. It was the least I could do
Posted on 9/13/20 at 7:00 pm to SPEEDY
Mr. Brooks 
Posted on 9/13/20 at 7:07 pm to SPEEDY
Hero for all.
Posted on 9/13/20 at 7:07 pm to SPEEDY
frick yeah!
Posted on 9/13/20 at 7:10 pm to burdman
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Dude looks amazing for 111.
He doesn’t look a day over 100
Posted on 9/13/20 at 7:10 pm to SPEEDY
Just thinking about the changes he’s seen in technology and the world. He was 40 years old in 1950. That’s crazy
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