One of the United States' oldest women veterans is a 96-year-old former Army nurse from Aurora

By CBSColorado.com Staff November 13, 2022 / 5:43 PM / CBS Colorado CBS News Colorado continues to honor those who've served this Veterans Day week...

November 20, 2022
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By CBSColorado.com Staff November 13, 2022 / 5:43 PM / CBS Colorado CBS News Colorado continues to honor those who've served this Veterans Day weekend and tonight, we're hearing from an Aurora veteran who earned a number of distinctions.But she stopped short of becoming a colonel because she didn't want to leave Colorado.Vera Shoemaker - also known as "Shoey" - served 24 years as a nurse in the U.S. Army. Courtesy She says serving in Vietnam was her most challenging experience because so many men were killed.

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