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96-Year-Old Pilot Will Get a Degree Earned 7 Decades Ago

World War II veteran Bob Barger hasn’t been in a classroom in 68 years, but he is going to graduate this week from the University of Toledo in Ohio at the age of 96, CTV News reported.

After serving in the Navy as a pilot during WWII, Barger worked and went to college. He eventually got married and started a family, but did not finish college.

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