81-year-old gets offer to enlist in Naval Reserve
Sunday, June 26, 2005
MAGNOLIA, Ark. -- At age 81, Fola Coats might seem a little old to join the Navy. But the great-grandmother recently received a letter inviting her to enlist in the Seabees of the Naval Reserve.
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