(Photo of Boston by Glenn Beltz)Charley Locke of Wired suggests that this ad from the Boston missed connections section of Craiglist deserves a literary prize. I agree. This is a fantastic, heartfelt piece of writing:I m...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/03/A-Craigslist-Ad-Worthy-of-Pulitzer-Prize/(Image: NBC)Loren Wade of Winfield, Kansas retired when he was in his 60s. But he got bored, so he went to work at his local Walmart. That was in 1983. He's still there. Now at the age of 103, Wade works as a store greet...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/08/11/103-Year-Old-World-War-II-Vet-Still-Works-5-Days-a-Week/(Image: KSL News)From 1948-49, West Berlin was blockaded by the Soviet Union, which hoped to force the three Western occupying powers out of the city. In response, the air forces of the Western powers delivered essential...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/07/04/The-Candy-Bomber-Flies-Again/(Image: BBC)Joy Lofthouse, 92, was a pilot with Britain's Air Transport Auxiliary during World War II. She flew the UK's legendary Spitfire fighter plane. A 2009 article in the Daily Mail describes her experiences. Women...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/10/92-Year-Old-World-War-II-Fighter-Pilot-Flies-a-Spitfire-Again/Richard Arvine Overton of Austin, Texas, plans to... ...piked coffee. At the age of 107, the World War II veteran deserves to do what he pleases. Overton, who is b... ...verton, who is believed to be the nation's oldest veteran , told FoxNews.com he’ll likely spend the da... ...e glad just to sit down a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/05/26/Americas-Oldest-Veteran/James ‘Jimmy’ McConnell, a former Royal Marine, died with no surviving family members. The staff at the nursing home in Southsea, Portsmouth, England, where he lived knew little about McConnell and were conce...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/22/Hundreds-Turn-Out-for-Marines-Funeral/(YouTube Link) It has to be a great feeling to see your father return home from military duty overseas, but when he comes home dressed as Captain America it elevates him to superhero status. That is, if you're a litt...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/03/23/super-dad-returns-home-from-afghanistan-dressed-as-captain-america/In the past year, we brought you the obituaries of... ...ou the obituaries of Frank Buckles, the last U.S. veteran of World War I and Claude Choules, the last survi... ...r I and Claude Choules, the last surviving combat veteran of that war. Yesterday, the very last member of t...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/07/rip-florence-green-the-very-last-world-war-i-veteran/Joe Johnson has lived at the Morningside retirement center in Greenwood, South Carolina, for about ten years now. He's been a regular blood donor for most of his life, and sees no reason to stop now. Johnson said in the...
https://www.neatorama.com/2011/12/27/96-year-old-veteran-still-donates-blood/You've heard the saying, "Freedom isn't free"? Apparently neither is a Purple Heart. Retired Sergeant Major Rob Dickerson was wounded by a rocket blast in Iraq in 2007. It took years of paperwork for the army to decide t...
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