COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Moses Eldridge, a World War II veteran who resided in Columbus has died, according to his family. He was 108.
Eldridge was born on April 17, 1917, and after attending North Carolina A&T State University, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943, where he worked as a water purifier — work that earned him a medal.
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Eldridge was scheduled to receive an award Thursday at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum from NBC4 anchor Kerry Charles.
He was believed to be the oldest living veteran of World War II in Ohio at the time of his death. He served on the Sea Snipe cargo ship that eventually transformed into a troop carrier.
In an interview with NBC4 in 2019, Eldridge, who was 102 at the time, recalled an incident he is still extremely proud of, one that earned him a medal.
“It stormed a lot over there and we had a hospital there that was almost ready to be washed away,” Eldridge said. “Our company got a medal for that because we turned the river, we turned the path of the whole river from going into this hospital.”…