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He served in Le Mans before being sent to work at a railroad station in Paris, according to a summary of his service from the French.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wooten returned home in 1946 following the war and had a postwar career with U.S. Steel in Birmingham. He tested positive for COVID-19 in November 2020 after his daughter contracted the illness but recovered in time to spend his <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alabama-birthdays-coronavirus-pandemic-birmingham-7abe6148b12ceddfa098c312bf6ea2c5\">104th birthday<\/a> at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wooten \u201cis doing really well\u201d despite the illness and participated in Veterans Day activities recently, said McDonald. 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