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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nROS sends us a link to International Business Times<\/a> which writes about Richard Overton, believed to be our oldest veteran;<\/p>\n According to the Houston Chronicle<\/a>, Overton, born on May 11, 1906, in Bastrop County, Texas, is a World War II Army veteran who fought in the South Pacific. After the war, he moved to Austin, sold furniture and worked for the state treasurer\u2019s office. He still drives a car and walks without a cane.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He’s been invited to the White House for today’s festivities. There’s a video interview at KEYE-TV<\/a>. His secret to his long life? “Whiskey, cigars and \u201cstaying out of trouble.\u201d”<\/p>\n Those who know him are amazed by him. “It’s not every day you get to meet a 107 year old World War II veteran that still drives and smokes 12 cigars a day and has a 90 year old girlfriend and drives to church and cuts his grass and takes a baby aspirin a day,” says Allen Bergeron, a veteran’s consultant for the city of Austin. <\/p>\n So what is Overton’s secret to longevity? “Stay out of trouble, I guess, tend to your own business, don’t somebody gonna kill you now, they shootin’ at everybody now, every night, they shootin’ somebody, so you gotta be careful,” says Overton.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"