ARAB, Ala. – Be part of us in wishing Arab’s Reuben Noah Carroll a contented birthday. Reuben turned 100 years younger on Wednesday. He’s a World Struggle II hero who served as an airplane mechanic within the United States Military.
Rueben was born on December 22, 1921. He was drafted to serve in the Military on August 25, 1942, whereas attending college to be an plane mechanic.
Governor Kay Ivey despatched birthday needs to the conflict hero, presenting Reuben with a quotation thanking him for his service and congratulating him.
He mentioned when he was drafted, he had no concept the place he was going or what was going to occur subsequent.
“After about 5 months they got here in and received me. I mentioned, ‘The place are we going?’ they mentioned, ‘We don’t know.’ So, I was despatched to the College of Alabama the place they had been going to make an officer out of me.”
Rueben met Annie, his wife-to-be when he returned house from lively responsibility in 1946. The two married in 1949. He can be celebrating his birthday with his three kids, his household, shut mates, and members of the group.
