2021-04-18T22:45:23+08:00
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WWII NAVAL AVIATOR TURNS 107 | CAPTAIN ROBBIE ROBERTS
Please join us in wishing WWII veteran Captain Richard "Robbie" Roberts a happy 107th Birthday!
At 107, Captain Roberts is among the oldest surviving WWII veterans in the United States. Born on April 17, 1914, Robbie entered service in the US Navy at 23 in September of 1937. Developing a fascination for aircraft from the time he was a young child, he entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program soon after joining the service. When Pearl Harbor w... Read More
Please join us in wishing WWII veteran Captain Richard "Robbie" Roberts a happy 107th Birthday!
At 107, Captain Roberts is among the oldest surviving WWII veterans in the United States. Born on April 17, 1914, Robbie entered service in the US Navy at 23 in September of 1937. Developing a fascination for aircraft from the time he was a young child, he entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program soon after joining the service. When Pearl Harbor w... Read More
2021-04-18T18:02:04+08:00
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Join us in wishing a happy 100th birthday to Phyliss ‘Pippa’ Latour Doyle MBE, the last surviving female Special Operations Executive agent of the 40 who were sent into France to organise resistance for the Normandy Landings.
At age 23, Phyllis parachuted into occupied Normandy in May 1944 to gather intelligence on Nazi positions in preparation for D-Day. As an agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Doyle secretly relayed 135 coded messages to the British military before Fra... Read More
At age 23, Phyllis parachuted into occupied Normandy in May 1944 to gather intelligence on Nazi positions in preparation for D-Day. As an agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE), Doyle secretly relayed 135 coded messages to the British military before Fra... Read More
Happy Birthday, Phyliss. Thank you for your service.
Post copied from the April 09, 2021 post by Veterans Foundation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veteransfoundation/photos/a.1200798683281243/4463929683634777/'/>
Post copied from the April 09, 2021 post by Veterans Foundation on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/veteransfoundation/photos/a.1200798683281243/4463929683634777/'/>