Bob Dole, longtime public servant and WWII veteran, dies
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Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole will be remembered for the tenacity that defined his career and his work on behalf of his fellow military veterans.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who will be remembered for the tenacity that defined his career and his work on behalf of fellow military veterans, died Sunday morning. He was 98.
"It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep," the Elizabeth Dole Foundation said in a statement Sunday.
In his memoir, "One Soldier's Story," Dole wrote that his experiences in World War II defined his life.
"Adversity can be a harsh teacher," he wrote. "But its lessons often define our lives. As much as we may wish that we could go back and relive them, do things differently, make better, wiser decisions, we can't change history. War is like that. You can rewrite it, attempt to infuse it with your own personal opinions, twist or spin it to make it more palatable, but eventually the truth will come out."
