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Oldest WWII veteran remembered in museum service

The casket of Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II Veteran, is carried at a memorial service at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) A memorial service for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) Dr. Valerie Anne Jones Francis sings a patriotic melody during a memorial service for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn A memorial for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn A memorial service for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) A memorial service for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) A memorial service for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) A memorial service for Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, takes place at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) FILE - World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks holds a photo of him taken in 1943, as he celebrates his 110th birthday at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, on Sept. 12, 2019. Music and thoughtful tributes filled a portion of The National WWII Museum where family and friends gathered Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, to remember Lawrence Brooks, the oldest World War II veteran who died earlier this month. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) The casket of Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II veteran, is carried at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn) The casket of Lawrence Brooks, who had been the oldest living World War II Veteran, is carried at a memorial service at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Brooks, who died Jan. 5, was 112. (AP Photo/Kathleen Flynn)
Oldest WWII veteran remembered in museum service