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Dr Albert Brown dies at age 105, he was one of the oldest living World War II veteran
Dr. Albert Brown, the oldest living World War II veteran and survivor of the 65-mile forced trek known as the Bataan Death March, died August 14th at a nursing home in Nashville, Ill. He was 105.
Dr. Albert Brown was born on October 26, 1905, in North Platte, Nebraska. Dr. Brown graduated from Creighton University School of Dentistry where he competed on the football and basketball teams and was a member of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.
After a decade of dental practice, Dr. Brown was called to active military duty with a medical regiment in October 1940. By early 1941, he was deployed to the Philippines, where he and thousands of other American soldiers were forced to walk from Bataan to a Japanese prisoner of war camp. He survived the infamous Bataan Death March and spent three years as a Japanese POW. (Source ADA)