Allie Gross Detroit Free Press Published 7:02 PM EST Nov 11, 2018 Three weeks ago, Johnny Wearing learned that the liver cancer he'd been battling for years had progressed for the worse. The 92-year-old World War II veteran has a few weeks, maybe a few months, to live. Despite a long and fulfilling life — one filled with children, grandchildren, tons of friends and a love for singing in a barbershop quartet — the news was depressing and difficult to digest. Then friend and confidant, Matthew Seely, 55, pointed out a bright spot. "I said, 'Johnny, you have a chance nobody gets. You can say good-bye,'" recalled Seely, whose father Russ had been best friends and singing partners with Wearing. More: Michigan man's WWII dog tags discovered in France More: Ex-Michigan Congressman John Dingell's response to Charlottesville goes viral Sunday turned into just that. Setting aside funds that would have typically been earmarked for a memorial luncheon, … [Read more...] about 92-year-old WWII veteran with terminal cancer sings at his own wake
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Texas WWII veterans honored for rescuing prisoners in camps
Updated 10:56 am PDT, Friday, September 7, 2018 In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 photo. Birney "Chick" Havey, Jr., a former American soldier during World War II, talks to Jamie Josephs while visiting The Texas Liberator, Witness to the Holocaust, exhibit at the Holocaust Museum Houston in Houston. The exhibit honors American soldiers from Texas who helped liberate the concentration camps of Europe at the end of the war. Havey and Josephs' father, Herman "Hank" Josephs, helped liberate concentration camp prisoners at the end of the war. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) less In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 photo. Birney "Chick" Havey, Jr., a former American soldier during World War II, talks to Jamie Josephs while visiting The Texas Liberator, Witness to the Holocaust, exhibit at ... more Photo: Brett Coomer, AP In this Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018 photo, Michael Cokinos, son of former 2nd Lt. Mike Cokinos, … [Read more...] about Texas WWII veterans honored for rescuing prisoners in camps
WWII veteran finally being awarded Purple Heart
Updated 11:16 am, Friday, June 22, 2018 Photo: Elena Dawson, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 In this June 20, 2018 photo, World War II veteran Max Bergen, whol will receive a long-overdue Purple Heart, poses at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls, Wis. Bergen was injured when shot down over Germany in 1944. He spent the rest of World War II in a prison camp. (Elena Dawson/The Eau Claire Leader-Telegram via AP) less In this June 20, 2018 photo, World War II veteran Max Bergen, whol will receive a long-overdue Purple Heart, poses at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls, Wis. Bergen was injured when shot down over ... more Photo: Elena Dawson, AP WWII veteran finally being awarded Purple Heart 1 / 1 Back to Gallery CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A World War II veteran who spent more … [Read more...] about WWII veteran finally being awarded Purple Heart
Veterans, officials mark Memorial Day at Intrepid
Updated 12:50 pm, Monday, May 28, 2018 NEW YORK (AP) — Veterans and active duty military members honored the memory of those killed in service at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The annual Memorial Day event at the aircraft carrier-turned-museum on Manhattan's west side featured the unfurling of a giant American flag, as well as the laying of ceremonial wreaths, a rifle salute and the playing of taps. Among those laying the ceremonial wreaths was 102-year-old WWII veteran Lt. Col. Richard Cole. He is the last of the Doolittle Raiders, a group of men who took part in the April 18, 1942, strike against mainland Japanese targets. Local Channel Now Playing: Now Playing Strip club security guard shoots man Sunday morning on N.E. Side 21 Pro Video Power line crashes onto home, sparking fire San Antonio Express-News Motorcyclist hospitalized after smashing into SUV San Antonio Express-News Police find stabbing victim in Terrell Hills San … [Read more...] about Veterans, officials mark Memorial Day at Intrepid
Richard Overton, nation’s oldest living veteran, turns 112
By Caleb Downs, mySanAntonio.com Published 2:00 pm, Friday, May 11, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-5', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 5', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-9', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 9', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Courtesy/GoFundMe Image 1of/9 CaptionClose Image 1 of 9 Richard Overton, (left), is greeted at the Army All-American Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Jan. 9, 2016. Richard Overton, (left), is greeted at the Army All-American Alamo Bowl in San Antonio Jan. 9, 2016. Photo: Courtesy/GoFundMe … [Read more...] about Richard Overton, nation’s oldest living veteran, turns 112