SANTA FE — Stella Lavadie sat on a chair inside her Santa Fe home looking through a scrapbook. On one page there were her World War II dog tags and discharge papers. On another was the cover of the Key Field News that read, "Japanese Surrender."

"Memories. What can I say?" the 104-year-old said as her eyes scanned the pages. "When you have memories it seems like things flash before your eyes then (they're) gone and it's just a memory."

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