SOLDIERS HELP WWII VET CELEBRATE 102ND BIRTHDAY
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Baker on his 102nd birthday.
Tue, 11/01/2022 - 08:03
Retired Lt. Col. Harry Baker, a World War II veteran who fought in the Battle of the Bulge, got a little help from the Army as he celebrated his 102nd birthday.
Baker, of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, turned 102 on Oct. 9. In 1944, as a young soldier, he trained with the 76th Division at what was then known as Camp McCoy in Wisconsin. His daughter, Coey Podraza, reached out to officials at what’s now known as Fort McCoy about her father’s birthday.
Officials quickly sprang into action.
“Our office reached out to Fort McCoy garrison organizations and tenant units to see if they would help in wishing Lt. Col. Baker a happy 102nd birthday … and they did,” said Kaleen Holliday, a spokeswoman for Fort McCoy. “Videos were collected and compiled by Greg Mason at the Fort McCoy Multimedia-Visual Information Office and made into a great birthday video for him.”
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