"Nation’s oldest military veteran dead at 112.
America’s oldest veteran, Richard Overton, who served in the Army during World War II and credited God, whiskey and cigars for his remarkable longevity, died Thursday in Texas at the age of 112, reports say."
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nations-o...an-dead-at-112
This is how I will remember him, with his cigar and a Tommy Gun.
A great American
He could have lived another 15-20 years if he didn't smoke.
Political correctness is a national suicide pact.
I am a sovereign individual, accountable
only to God and my own conscience.
94 years of smoking 12 cheap cigars a day was the thing that did him in. Seriously, he was a great American.
RIP. I wonder If he was issued a Thompson in the war
It do look like the real deal. Interesting question.
He was probably grandfather inOriginally Posted by GARD72977
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