"I'll never forget, the first battle we were in North Africa, I stood alongside Teddy Roosevelt's Jeep and talked to Teddy," Cordy said. After serving alongside President Roosevelt's son, Hank went on to France; he was one of the first soldiers to set foot on Normandy Beach on D-Day. In the 75 years since he's become a fixture of his large family spread out across the state. "He's going to be 100 and he still drives and, just a humble man," said Cordy's nephew Jerry Phillips. "Oh, I couldn't get over this, I never thought that this would ever happen," the WW II vet said.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 01, 2020 23:26 UTC