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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Ohio veteran finally applies for benefits at 106

THAT ISN'T HIS TEMPERATURE,,,,THAT IS HIS AGE!
Ohio veteran turning 106 recently applied for VA care
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Written by
Ron Simon
News Journal
April 21, 2014

MANSFIELD — When William Dormaier joined the Army in 1943, he was 35 years old and just married. The young men in his unit called him “Pops.”

It’s not likely all of those young men still are alive, because Pops is about to celebrate his 106th birthday Thursday.

Daryl Boggs of the Richland County Veterans Service Commission is sure Dormaier is the oldest living veteran in Richland County and perhaps in all of Ohio.

Dormaier, blind in one eye and almost deaf, isn’t up to doing interviews these days, but his grandson, Robert Dormaier, knows all the stories and wants to share them.
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