The oldest living US Marine celebrates her 107th birthday
Semper Fi, Marine.
James Clark
Updated:
Sep 19, 2020 5:49 PM EDT
Original:
Sep 19, 2020
Today marks the 107th birthday of the oldest living U.S. Marine: Dorothy (Schmidt) Cole.
Born Sept. 19, 1913 in Warren, Pennsylvania, when Cole was 29 she enlisted in the Marines at a time when few women served in the Corps.
"Everyone was out doing something," Cole said in a birthday video posted to the Marine Corps' official Twitter account. "The women helping the Red Cross, or even in churches, they were knitting things. So, I decided that I wanted to do something, and I would go into the Marine Corps."
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