In the 100th season of the NFL, four centenarian World War II veterans were honored by participating in the Super Bowl LIV opening coin flip as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers won the toss, and elected to defer; the Chiefs took the ball to start the game. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SUPER BOWL LIV COVERAGE“By honoring these four veterans at the championship game, the league is preserving the national memory of the Greatest Generation and World War II,’’ said Holly Rotondi, executive director of the Friends of the National World War II Memorial. The 100-year-old veterans for the coin flip were:Charles McGee — McGee flew 136 combat missions in World War II as part of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, attacking targets in Italy and supporting the rescue of 1,000 prisoners of war in Romania. He was captured in the late stages of the war in Germany, serving briefly as a prisoner of war before being liberated.

Source: Fox News February 03, 2020 00:31 UTC