World War II veteran honored

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 5:00 a.m. January 5, 2012
Cynthia Soulandros, Ruth Pines (seated), Jean Maxwell Catsakis and Kimberly Bonner. Courtesy photo.
Cynthia Soulandros, Ruth Pines (seated), Jean Maxwell Catsakis and Kimberly Bonner. Courtesy photo.
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Ruth Pines, who served in WAVES for 32 years and was a Navy nurse at the June 6, 1944, Normandy landings, turned 93 Jan. 1. In celebration, members of the Sara DeSoto Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution visited her at the Sarasota Pines retirement home and brought season’s greetings and birthday gifts.

 

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