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I was motivated to join in large part because my family needed the money. I would like to say how patriotic we were, but really what motivated me was the excitement my mother would get in receiving a check for my older brother.

Charles Rangel

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Charles Rangel
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: June 11
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