World War II Veteran turns 107 with a party in New Orleans

Happy 107th birthday to US Army Private Lawrence Brooks who was a "private in the Army’s mostly African-American 91st Engineer Battalion. They were stationed in New Guinea and the Philippines. The unit built infrastructure such as bridges, roads and airstrips."
"Brooks also described how he was delivering a load of barbed wire to the front when one of the engines of the C-47 he was traveling in went out.
After they dumped the barbed wire to conserve weight he made his way to the cockpit. He told the pilot and co-pilot that since they were the only two with parachutes, if they had to jump for it, he was going to grab on to one of them.
“We made it though,” he said laughing. “We had a big laugh about that.”
Kudos to US Army WWII veteran Lawrence Brooks!
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Happy birthday Private Brooks.

Happy Birthday Lawrence, and thank you for your awesome dedicated service to your country.