00:28We marked the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan, which brought an end to the costliest conflict in human history. Names like Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Midway, and Iwo Jima.
00:55Music
01:03At 104 years old, Dominic Critelli served with the 95th Infantry Division in the Headquarters Battalion Artillery Aviation Unit.
01:14At 100 years old, Frank Cohn was born in Germany in 1925 and escaped with his family to the United States at age 13.
01:26At age 102, Tenant Commander Donahue served as a naval aviator aboard the USS Salamaua in the Pacific.
01:40Harry Miller joined the United States Army at 16 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge with the 740th Tank Battalion attached to the 82nd Airborne Division.
01:54After the war, he worked as a bricklayer and drove a taxi in Washington D.C., continuing a life of service to his community.
02:06Now, as you leave this place, remember it, remember the words, and tell it to your friends, and tell them to experience this place, and tell them to experience us, to touch our hands.
02:18And then say to them that we gave up our yesterdays for their tomorrows and we thank them for the privilege.
02:24And if they say to you, who spoke those words, tell them it was a 16-year-old boy in the heart and mind of a 97-year-old veteran of World War II.
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