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WWII veteran celebrates 100th birthday

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NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - On this Friday, Feb. 21, it's time to say Happy 100th Birthday to retired Navy veteran Felix Maurizio, who joined the Navy during World War II when he was 18 years old. He told WAVY.com he knew from the time he was a little boy that he wanted to join the Navy. He will never forget the day he was listening to the radio in his family's kitchen when the announcer broke in to say Pearl Harbor had been bombed. Maurizio said he w…

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Santa Clarita Valley Signal

Local World War II vet celebrates 100th birthday

On his 98th birthday, Saugus resident and World War II veteran Donald Kuehl celebrated by flying in a glider with then-Rep. Mike Garcia. When he turned 100 on Thursday, he decided to take it easier, enjoying breakfast at Crazy Otto’s Diner in Canyon Country flanked by a little over two dozen of his friends from Coffee4Vets, a group of local veterans who gather for breakfast at the diner every first and third Thursday of the month. At the restau…

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