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Pearl Harbor survivor turns 100
U.S. Army veteran Woodliff is longtime Gainesville native
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Henry T. “Jeep” Woodliff celebrates his 100th birthday with his daughter Sheryl Creek on Friday at Chick-fil-A in Gainesville. - photo by FRANK REDDY
Henry T. “Jeep” Woodliff was in the U.S. Army, stationed on the island of Oahu Dec. 7, 1941, when he heard the noise above. He looked up to see hundreds of Japanese fighter planes headed straight for Pearl Harbor. He and fellow troops had just been given brand-new weapons, but had no ammunition they could fire.