102-Year-Old Trailblazing World War II Vet Receives Extremely Rare Navy Honor
By James Clark
on August 11, 2017
As many as 934 sailors will soon become intimately familiar with the name Andrew Mills, the namesake for a newly inaugurated barracks on Naval Base Coronado, California. And on Aug. 10, Mills, a Navy veteran, trailblazer and World War II hero who risked his life in the face of racial discrimination, was there to meet them.
“Oh beautiful,” the 102-year-old veteran said from his wheelchair during the ceremony, according to the Associated Press. “That’s one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever seen so far.”
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