“He was our family,” said 91st Brigade Engineer Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Arroyo during the funeral for the oldest living American World War II veteran and former 91st BEB
Lawrence Brooks, who died Jan. 5 as the nation’s oldest World War II veteran, was laid to rest Saturday (Jan. 15), amid pomp, gratitude, gospel, admiration and jazz. After the the eulogies, the gospel songs, the Victory Belles’ tribute and the solemnity of his funeral service, the men of Brooks’ former Army battalion carried his flag-draped […]