"After graduating high school and being selected in the military draft, Steele served in France, Germany, Belgium and Czechoslovakia toward the conclusion of the second world war. His duties involved seeking out remnants of the Nazi army and helping survivors of German concentration camps return home. Steele subsequently earned a promotion to staff sergeant and was assigned to guard imprisoned defendants at the Nuremberg trials, including convicted war criminal Hermann Goring, the Nazis' second-in-command."
"Mr Steele is a powerful reminder that generosity has no age limit. Donors' health is a more important consideration than how old they are, according to Live On Nebraska, an organ-procurement organization in his home state."
"He eventually went home to Bassett, Nebraska, and wed his wife, Doris, with whom he had four children and as many grandchildren during their 72-year marriage. Steele supported his family raising cattle at their ranch, managing a farming cooperative and then selling equipment for irrigation and handling grain."
Dale Steele, a 100-year-old World War II veteran, died in February following a head injury and became the United States' oldest known organ donor. After high school, Steele was drafted and served in France, Germany, Belgium, and Czechoslovakia, helping concentration camp survivors and later guarding Nazi defendants at the Nuremberg trials, including Hermann Goring. He returned to Nebraska, married his wife Doris for 72 years, raised four children and grandchildren, and worked in ranching and agricultural equipment sales. When Steele suffered his fatal head injury, Live On Nebraska approached his family about organ donation, highlighting that donor health status is more significant than chronological age in determining donation eligibility.
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