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Not your typical anniversary: He visited veteran memorials in DC and she welcomed him home with a flag and cake
- Nancy McLaughlin
- Apr 29, 2022
- Apr 29, 2022
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The Triad Honor Flight took them to the memorials in Washington, D.C. Other veterans and their neighbors welcomed them back.
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GREENSBORO — After World War II, Bob Gobble came back for his Laura, the raven-haired beauty who had the looks to be one of those stars of the talking picture shows of that era, but there she was, on his arm on their wedding day.
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Bob and Laura Gobble share a laugh April 20 in their apartment at Friends Homes in Greensboro. They celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary on Wednesday.
WOODY MARSHALL, NEWS & RECORD
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Bob Gobble with the jacket to his World War II uniform. He spent his 76th anniversary on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with other veterans as part of the latest Triad Honor Flight.
WOODY MARSHALL, NEWS & RECORD
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Bob Gobble (front), back from a daylong trip for veterans to Washington, D.C., is welcomed Wednesday at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.
Paige Dingler, Special to the News & Record
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Bob and Laura Gobble share a laugh April 20 in their apartment at Friends Homes in Greensboro. They celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary on Wednesday.
- WOODY MARSHALL, NEWS & RECORD
Bob Gobble (front), back from a daylong trip for veterans to Washington, D.C., is welcomed Wednesday at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro.
- Paige Dingler, Special to the News & Record
Bob Gobble with the jacket to his World War II uniform. He spent his 76th anniversary on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., with other veterans as part of the latest Triad Honor Flight.
- WOODY MARSHALL, NEWS & RECORD
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