'We value every opportunity to show him our appreciation, and this is just another testament to how people appreciate him,' said Darryl, nephew of Vester Owens.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Vester Owens will proudly tell you, yes, he is 101 years old. He will also, with great pride, talk endlessly about his extended family, their successes, and the much different world they inherited than the one that shipped him off to war.during a conversation that opened a door to a very different WWII than most people choose to remember.
"If it wasn't for a boy who could swim," he said of a fellow soldier in his company who helped him."I wouldn't be here today." "We value every opportunity to show him our appreciation and this is just another testament to how people appreciate him," his nephew Darryl Owens said."It shows that people really do appreciate who he is and what he has done and what he has sacrificed, provided for the community, for everybody in Texas and the United States."
"Not only is he proud of who he brought here and who we've become," Darryl Owens said."But he's excited about those that we have, our kids, what they will become."
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