Brewtown Politico

Carrying a little stick and speaking loudly in Milwaukee

5.30.2005

103-year-old WWI veteran celebrates Memorial Day

"World War I people are getting scarce," Brown said. "Nothing can be done about that."

Brown was 16 when he lied about his age so he could join the Allied cause in 1918. His Maryland driver's license still lists his birth date as October 7, 1899, instead of the correct 1901.

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