2021 has been a big year for Clyde Clouse .
The Somerset man celebrated his 100th birthday on August 8 . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , family and friends celebrated with a parade of more than 100 vehicles passing his home .
For many in Pulaski County , Clouse ’ s name is synonymous with youth baseball . He was a key player in bringing Babe Ruth League baseball to the community .
Not an athlete himself — though he did report on football games for the Corbin Times-Tribune — Clouse is an avid fan of the Cincinnati Reds and wanted his boys to play in
what was then known as the “ Pee Wee League .”
Over the last century , Clouse has seen a lot . He grew up in Knox County where he graduated from Lynn Camp High School and was studying to be an accountant when the United States entered World War II . Shortly thereafter Clouse was drafted into the US Army , which set about training him as a clerk after he completed basic training at Camp Grant , Illinois .
Initially stationed with the personnel department at Denver , Colorado , Clouse told his superior officers that he wanted to serve overseas . He was sent to the University of
South Dakota as part of the Army ’ s specialized training program . He was then assigned to the 216th General Hospital at Camp Forrest , Tennessee . From there , the unit was sent to New Jersey where they ultimately sailed for Scotland . Clouse was stationed in England for 16 months — witnessing the start of the Allied invasion .
“ I was the chief laboratory clerk with a general hospital attached to the Seventh Army ,” Clouse explained . “ We were doing autopsies one night and I kept hearing the droning of planes going over . I told the colonel that was physically performing the autopsy — it
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