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Don and Brett Powell of AIPM in Peru

Remembering Our Vets

WWII veteran receives
French Legion of Honor
medal 65 years after the
end of the war.

In the midst of a growing
transportation crisis, a new
option revs up for seniors.

Bill Carroll
Contributing Writer

Robin Schwartz
Contributing Writer

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F

or as far back as she can remem-
ber, Louise Applebaum, 83, of
Farmington Hills, was always on
the go. She got her first job as a runner
at the old Colonial Department Store in
Detroit back in 1941 when she was just 13
years old. Later in
life, she was a busy
wife and working
mother of three
children. Now, she's
a widow and an
active senior with
six grandchildren
JFS provides and four great-
more than 28,000 grandchildren.
rides annually.
Applebaum
keeps a full social
and personal
schedule: she's a member of Temple Kol
Ami in West Bloomfield, she belongs to a
book club, enjoys shopping, spending time

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Charlie Kaye holds

his French Legion

of Honor medal he

1942 - 2011

received 65 years

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after the war.

fter 65 years, the French
Republic caught up with Charlie
Kaye.
And he's still basking in the glow of
having received one of France's highest
honors: being named a "Chevalier" of the
Legion of Honor.
With Veterans Day approaching on
Nov. 11, a time when Americans reflect
on the sadness and poignancy of several
wars, Kaye, 88, sat in the living room of
his Southfield home and beamed as he
displayed the handsome, colorful Legion
of Honor medal.
It was for his "merits and accomplish-
ments" ... his "devotion to the great cause
of freedom ... and precious contribution
to the United States' decisive role in the
liberation of our country in World War II,"
said a letter from Pierre Vimont, France's
ambassador to the U.S.
The fact that Kaye couldn't make the
trip to Chicago last year to receive the
medal in person along with seven other
veterans (he was home getting a pace-
maker implanted in his heart) didn't
detract from the honor.
"I'm grateful to France, and I keep the
medal here with all of my other medals
from having served in Europe,' he said.
Why it took so long for France to honor
him and send him the medal is somewhat
of a mystery. "I wasn't aware of it when I

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