Denise Crosby of BeaconNews writes: 'At age 105, Henry Flora may well be the oldest World War II veteran in the Fox Valley.'
With their numbers rapidly dwindling, it’s more important than ever we pay tribute to those members of the “Greatest Generation” who are still with us. So I was surprised when, after hearing about Flora quietly celebrating this remarkable birthday on Thursday, I could find little about him in our library files except for a sweet “Christmas memory” published in 2006 from his wife Lois.
According to the Australia at War Research website, Flora became commanding officer of the U.S. Army Signal Corps Transmitting Station at Hemmant military camp in Brisbane, where he operated a powerful twin channel transmitter. Flora, a 1941 Penn State grad - he “never misses a game,” according to his daughter - arrived home from the Pacific and was reunited with his family. His technical expertise then took him to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., where he worked during the Korean War.
Her father, who remained tech-savvy and was a gardening, bird and weather aficionado, was determined to stay in his home, and it wasn’t until this past year, as his health deteriorated, that round-the-clock care became necessary, she noted.Henry Flora, center, served in the South Pacific during World War II. Flora, who lives in Aurora, recently turned 105 years old.
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