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>William “Bill” McMillan celebrated his 103rd birthday on Dec. 19, making him one of the few centenarians in Wyoming.
As rare as that is, he’s also part of an even more exclusive group — one of fewer than 45,000 World War II veterans still alive, according to the National World War II Museum.
With about 16.4 million Greatest Generation Americans serving in WWII, fewer than 0.5% are still living. And those numbers are quickly growing closer to zero with the youngest of these soldiers now in their late 90s.
Archive: https://archive.today/ft3uD
From the post:
>>William “Bill” McMillan celebrated his 103rd birthday on Dec. 19, making him one of the few centenarians in Wyoming.
As rare as that is, he’s also part of an even more exclusive group — one of fewer than 45,000 World War II veterans still alive, according to the National World War II Museum.
With about 16.4 million Greatest Generation Americans serving in WWII, fewer than 0.5% are still living. And those numbers are quickly growing closer to zero with the youngest of these soldiers now in their late 90s.
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