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jmort
12-28-2018, 06:54 PM
"Nation’s oldest military veteran dead at 112.

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."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nations-oldest-military-veteran-dead-at-112

This is how I will remember him, with his cigar and a Tommy Gun.
A great American

232875

Hickory
12-28-2018, 07:10 PM
He could have lived another 15-20 years if he didn't smoke.

jmort
12-28-2018, 07:17 PM
94 years of smoking 12 cheap cigars a day was the thing that did him in. Seriously, he was a great American.

GARD72977
12-28-2018, 08:24 PM
RIP. I wonder If he was issued a Thompson in the war

jmort
12-28-2018, 08:32 PM
It do look like the real deal. Interesting question.

DCP
12-28-2018, 10:41 PM
RIP. I wonder If he was issued a Thompson in the war

He was probably grandfather in

RIP Soldier