“I hear Santa telling the gentleman, in a soft voice, of others he knew who served. He shakes his hand with genuine gratefulness, thanking him for his service, then returns to the children.”
‘Santa walks over to a veteran sitting on the wall. As Santa approaches, the veteran stands, and Santa takes a knee.’
‘It just makes me feel good’: 94-year-old WWII veteran has handed out 6,000 chocolate bars to strangers
“You’d think I’d given them keys to a new car. Honest to God, these people were thunderstruck.”
‘He passed away on Friday. The work was done.’ Grandfather refuses to let himself die until the chores were done on his farm
“He didn’t know who we were at times. He didn’t know where he was. He couldn’t do anything independently. But he knew he had things to do. The lawnmower blade needed sharpening, the hay needed to be bailed. He had work to do.”
