February 24, 2003

By Linda Cook – Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa)
Last Updated: 11:18 pm, Sunday, February 23rd, 2003

Harry C. Scarff Sr., Moline, will tell his grandson “happy birthday” in person March 2.

That’s quite a relief to Scarff, a master sergeant in the Army Reserve who had been called up for active duty. Although he has been a reservist for many years, his pending deployment came as something of a surprise to Scarff; you see, he’s 58.

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