{"id":1418861,"date":"2022-04-04T20:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418861"},"modified":"2022-04-04T20:45:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T00:45:17","slug":"photos-wwii-army-nurse-veteran-enjoys-parade-for-100th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-wwii-army-nurse-veteran-enjoys-parade-for-100th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: WWII Army Nurse Veteran Enjoys Parade for 100th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphotos-wwii-army-nurse-veteran-enjoys-parade-for-100th-birthday%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An Army veteran got more than she dreamed on her 100th birthday when loved ones threw her a parade outside the Homestead of Topeka.<\/p>\n<p>Helen Rhodes spent her childhood in Tampa, Kansas, then relocated to Wichita to become a nurse, WIBW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wibw.com\/2022\/04\/03\/wwii-army-nurse-veteran-gets-parade-her-100th-birthday\/\">reported<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>She went through basic training, then traveled to Fort Riley. She served her country for 18 months in the States.<\/p>\n<p>During her time in high school, she met someone who captured her heart, saying, \u201cThen one night, I get this call from J Frank, wanted a date and I kept him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post March 25, the Leavenworth VA Medical Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeavenworthVAMC\/posts\/5501823686512214\">wished<\/a> Rhodes a happy birthday and detailed the couple\u2019s story:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen the war was over, Frank came home after serving time as a Paratrooper in Africa, Sicily, Anzio, France and through the Battle of the Bulge with the 509th,\u201d the post read, adding they were married in 1946 and moved to Topeka where they raised three daughters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LeavenworthVAMC\/posts\/5501823686512214\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/165712876790015\/posts\/5501823686512214\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Happy 100th Birthday Helen Rhodes! Helen Kleiber was born in 1922 in Tampa, Kansas. She lived with her parents Adam and\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/165712876790015\">Leavenworth VA Medical Center<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/165712876790015\/posts\/5501823686512214\/\">Friday, March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cHelen and Frank celebrated 66 years of marriage. Frank passed away in December of 2012,\u201d the medical center continued.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Helen was extremely pleased to be with her great-grandchildren, because, as her\u00a0daughter Jenny Lee explained, \u201cFamily is number one. Whatever situation she\u2019s in, she makes the most of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A photo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.cornell.146\/posts\/5429701460382428\">showed<\/a> Rhodes surrounded by well-wishers during the event:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.cornell.146\/posts\/5429701460382428\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100000278842460\/posts\/5429701460382428\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/james.cornell.146\">James Cornell<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/100000278842460\/posts\/5429701460382428\/\">Monday, April 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jenny said she enjoyed living life to the fullest and urged others to live in the same way she has for so many years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rhodes was happy to celebrate the big day with the parade thanks to the VFW riders, Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association, and Veteran Affairs staff members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI feel like I was brought up very good,\u201d she commented. \u201cI had a loving family and we have a whole bunch now. All of them have turned out well. So why couldn\u2019t I be happy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Army veteran got more than she dreamed on her 100th birthday when loved ones threw her a parade outside the Homestead of Topeka. 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