They Survived WWII and Korea. Now, at State-Run Homes, They’re Fighting for Their Lives
8 May 2020
Military.com | By Patricia Kime
U.S. Army Air Corps veteran John MacKay survived World War II, having served in Burma, one of the most disease-ridden campaigns of the war in the Pacific. After service, he married the love of his life and settled in Westfield, Massachusetts, to raise five daughters and work as a high school guidance counselor.
But the 99-year-old is again in a fight for his life, this time in the contagious confines of the Soldiers' Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, a hotbed for the coronavirus in the state. He, along with 79 other residents, have been diagnosed with COVID-19, while another 81 veterans at the facility have died from the illness.
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