Vet to lead ceremony at battleship

World War II veteran Major John Jacobson, age 105, will be the special guest for the annual Enlistment Ceremony – involving Gulf Coast-wide military commands – on July 2 inside the Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion of USS Alabama Battleship Park on Mobile (Ala.) Bay. Following the 10 a.m. ceremony, there will a dedication of the newest monument to Battleship Memorial Park, called ‘The Recruit’, which was created by Mobile sculptor Casey Downing Jr. Major Jacobson is one of the oldest veterans in the state of Alabama. He served under General Patton in WWII. (Source: Events Website 06/2016)