I just want to be remembered as a good soldier," said Lawrence

Meet Lawrence Brooks (aged 112), a proud member of our Allied Forces, and the oldest living WWII veteran.

Lawrence is pictured here wearing a copy of his old summer uniform and holding his 91st Engineer Battalion badge – the picture was taken during a recent stay in a New Orleans hospital.
Brooks, the son of Louisiana farmers and one of 15 children, was born in 1909, just north of Baton Rouge in Norwood. He grew up outside of Stephenson, Mississippi, a small sawmill town where his family moved to work during the depression.
“I just want to be remembered as a good soldier,” said Lawrence.