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Oldest living veteran
Emma "Big Mama" Didlake, right, 110 years old, receives mementos from retired U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, the president of the Women's Memorial Foundation, in the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., July 17, 2015. Didlake was the oldest known living American veteran. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue/Released)