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| Oldest US veteran dies weeks after she met Obama | Oldest US veteran dies weeks after she met Obama |
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| A Michigan woman who was believed to be the nation’s oldest veteran, at 110, has died a month after meeting Barack Obama in the Oval Office. | |
| The Oakland County medical examiner’s office said Emma Didlake died on Sunday in West Bloomfield, north-west of Detroit. | The Oakland County medical examiner’s office said Emma Didlake died on Sunday in West Bloomfield, north-west of Detroit. |
| Didlake was a 38-year-old wife and mother of five when she signed up in 1943 for the women’s army auxiliary corps. She served about seven months stateside during the war, as a private and driver. | Didlake was a 38-year-old wife and mother of five when she signed up in 1943 for the women’s army auxiliary corps. She served about seven months stateside during the war, as a private and driver. |
| She was born in Alabama and moved with her family to Detroit in 1944. | She was born in Alabama and moved with her family to Detroit in 1944. |
| Obama said on Monday in a statement: “Didlake served her country with distinction and honor, a true trailblazer for generations of Americans who have sacrificed so much for their country.” |