Friday, June 14, 2013

Frank Lautenberg dies; was U.S. Senate's last WW II vet

Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (1924 – 2013)

Frank Lautenberg was the last serving veteran of World War II in the United States Senate. After graduating from Nutley High School in 1941, Lautenberg served overseas in the United States Army Signal Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1946. Then, financed by the GI Bill, he attended and graduated from Columbia Business School in 1949 with a degree in economics.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/03/politics/obit-lautenberg/index.html

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