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World's oldest World War II veteran to celebrate 112th birthday May 11!

Here's one reason to celebrate on May 11!

America's oldest living man and the oldest World War II veteran, Richard Overton, will celebrate another birthday!

Mr. Overton will turn an incredible 112 on May 11. And -- there's going to be a big party to celebrate him.

Mr. Overton was born in Bastrop County in 1906. He served in the South Pacific from 1940 through 1945 with stops in Hawaii, Guam, and Iwo Jima.

He left the army in October 1945.

He currently resides in East Austin, where he has lived since the 1940s.

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