The oldest living Marine, a North Carolina woman, has died at age 107 - CNN - 0 views
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Dorothy "Dot" Cole was the oldest living US Marine veteran when she died on January 7. She was 107 years old.
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Cole decided she would take a stance to support her country after Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
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"There were women volunteering with the Red Cross and knitting while sitting in church, so I thought I had to do something,
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She was 28 years old in 1943 when she became among the first wave of women to join the Marine Corps Women's Reserve
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The Marine Corps eventually saw its first female pilot in 1995, according to Military Times. All jobs in the military, including combat roles, were opened to women in 2016.
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"She would want to salute all of the veterans for all the service that they've done and also the police and firemen,"