Springfield resident looks back on military service overseas, more than a century of life
Gwendolyn Fawcett, an attendee of the Veteran’s Day service at the Republic Senior Center, turned 102 on Thursday, Jan. 15, celebrating an eventful and dramatic life of service, immigration and family.
Fawcett currently resides in Springfield, on the southwest side. Still living independently and with little assistance in a home off of Republic Road. She has not always been a Missourian, or even an American for that matter. Fawcett found her original home in rural Great Britain, living on a dairy farm before the outbreak of World War II. Fighting broke out in 1939, however, leaving little option but for Fawcett to find some way to serve her country. Her brother, who was already in the service, told her that a job in the air force could be most beneficial, which sounded good enough to her…