Youth
Luz was born in Fall River, Massachusetts to Portuguese descended parents, and grew up in West Warwick, Rhode Island. He had nine siblings while growing up. He dropped out during his junior year of high school. Luz enlisted on August 25, 1942 at Providence, Rhode Island.
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Famous quotes containing the word youth:
“Our youth we can have but today,
We may always find time to grow old”
—Chinese proverb.
“Passing away, saith the World, passing away:
Chances, beauty and youth sapped day by day:
Thy life never continueth in one stay.
Is the eye waxen dim, is the dark hair changing to gray
That hath won neither laurel nor bay?”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)