10. Charles Alex is One of the Oldest Surviving Veterans of WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
In 1940, Charles Alex joined the Connecticut Army National Guard, as an infantryman in the 43rd Division. The division was activated for federal service in February of 1941, and when America joined WWII, it and Alex were sent to the Pacific Theater. There, Alex, saw significant combat, as the 43rd first fought in New Guinea, then in the Northern Solomons, before finally ending up in Luzon, in the Philippines. However, Alex got a reassignment in 1944, that sent him to the other side of the globe, in the European Theater. He served in France, then Germany, until the war ended.
After the war, Alex stayed in the National Guard, and was called back to active duty in 1949. The following year, he was sent to Korea, and a decade later, he ended up serving in Vietnam. After a long military career, which he began as a E-1 buck private, Alex retired in 1969 as a lieutenant colonel. Today, Charles Alex is still going strong, at 99. On June 1st, 2019, he was the oldest veteran at a picnic to honor WWII veterans in Middle Haddam, Connecticut.