The oldest living World War II veteran, Richard Overton, 107, will meet with President Barack Obama on Veteran’s Day. He will have breakfast with the President at the White House before going to Arlington National Cemetery for a Veterans Day ceremony.
Overton served in the Army's 188th Aviation Engineer Battalion, and joined the service in 1942 when he was in his 30s. It’s been seven decades since he has returned from combat.
On Sunday, Overton said “War's nothing to be into. "You don't want to go into the war if you don't have to. But I had to go. I enjoyed it after I'd went and come back, but I didn't enjoy it when was over there. I had to do things I didn't want to do,” USA Today reports.
He was asked about what he thinks about meeting President Obama, and he said "I ain't met him” and when asked what he will talk to him about, he said, "Whatever he asks me."
He added if the President prompts him to be the first to talk, "I'll just keep my mouth shut — I wouldn't know what to tell him. I've never thought of that. For one thing, I'd talk about (how) we're proud to have him. I wish him good luck all the way through. We have to pray for him. We have to pray for him and help him because we all need help."
Overton also talked about how he stays young and he told Keye TV that he smokes about a dozen cigarettes a day and still drives. He also drinks whiskey with his coffee in the morning.
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