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Drafted into the Army at age 31, Brooks was assigned to the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion, serving as a cook, driver, and valet for three of the battalion's officers.
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Drafted into the Army at age 31, Brooks was assigned to the predominantly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion, serving as a cook, driver, and valet for three of the battalion's officers.
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Oldest US World War II veteran dies at 112 in New Orleans
His daughter plans to bury him wearing his new, replacement Army uniform, as he requested.
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