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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nToday, Richard Overton, the oldest living World War II US veteran, Richard Overton turned 110 years old. He was born May 11, 1906 and enlisted in the Army when he was 36 years old. From NBC News<\/a>;<\/p>\n “I feel good. A little old, but I’m getting around like everybody else,” Overton told NBC News on Wednesday by phone from the same Austin house he’s lived in since he returned from the war. He paid $4,000 for it. His tips for longevity are far from traditional: He chain-smokes cigars, insists on a splash of whiskey in his morning coffee, and enjoys a steady diet of fried catfish and butter pecan ice cream, he told TODAY two years ago.<\/p>\n Overton joined his all-black military unit in 1942, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president, and became a skilled sharpshooter. In the years since the war, he’s outlived two wives….<\/p><\/blockquote>\n We first wrote about Mister Overton three years ago<\/a>. WHo would have guessed that he’d still be with us? Here’s to many more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n“”I feel good. A little old, but I’m getting around like everybody else.””<\/p>\n