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This Female World War II Vet Is One of the First Americans to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
World War II veteran Margaret Klessens, aged 96, became the first Department of Veterans Affairs patient nationwide to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the VA Bedford Healthcare System on Dec. 14, 2020. Department of Veterans Affairs photo via Twitter
14 Dec 2020
A female World War II veteran has become the first VA patient to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced Monday.
Margaret Klessens, 96, was inoculated Monday at the VA Bedford Healthcare System, the first of thousands of veteran residents of long-term health facilities and VA medical staff expected to get the vaccine in the coming weeks.