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Captain (Ret.) Earl Fox enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and retired from the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in 1999, although he had actually had a break in service from the end of the war until 1974. The last vet to remain on active duty the entire time was John William Vessey, Jr., who retired in 1985.

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It hasn't yet happened. There are many surviving WW II vets.

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