Bob Dole 1923-2021: Greatest Generation politician rose from hardscrabble Kansas beginnings to major force in GOP
Robert Joseph Dole was born on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas. Hardworking and poor, his family struggled like many during the Great Depression. While a student at the University of Kansas, Pearl Harbor was bombed on December 7, 1941 and the US entered World War II. He enlisted in the army. Deployed to Italy, his company was fighting Nazis when they were trapped by gunfire. Dole went to save their radioman when he was hit in his right shoulder. He barely survived.
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