Local Veteran Turns 100 Years Old

Ukee Washington reports.

LIFE IS REALLY ON HOLD FORA LOT OF US RIGHT NOW, BUT HISDOESN'T MEAN THERE AREN'TIMPORTANT MILESTONES STILLDESERVING EVERY RECOGNITION.UKEE WASHINGTON SOCIALDISTANCING AND WORKING FROMHOME, HE JOINS US NOW TO SHAREA VERY SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR AMONTGOMERY COUNTY MAN, HI,UKEE.REPORT HEY, JESS, GOODEVENING, EVERYONE, IN THISCASE IT IS NOT A BIRTHDAY,JUST ANY BIRTHDAY, THAT IS 100BIRTHDAY.AND MAKING THIS EVEN MORESPECIAL, THE BIRTHDAY BOY IS AMEMBER OF THE GREATESTGENERATION, A WORLD WAR IIVETERAN.HIS NAME IS VAN PATCHELLO FROMPLYMOUTH MEETING.ENLISTED IN THE AIR CORPSWHICH WOULD LATER BECOME THEUNITED STATES AIR FORCE, ANDFOUGHT IN SEVERAL BATTLESDURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.AND TODAY, DESPITE ALL THAT ISGOING ON, OF COURSE, WITH THEVIRUS, HE GOT QUITE ACELEBRATION, THE PLYMOUTHTOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENTSENT CARAVAN BY HIS HOME.POLICE AND OTHER EMERGENCYVEHICLES HAD THEIR LIGHTS ON,AND SIRENS BLARING ALL WHILEVAN WATCHED SAFELY FROM THEFRONT YARD.WE TALK WITH PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIPPOLICE WHY THEY FELT SOSTRONGLY THE NEED TO HONOR HISSERVICE, AND LONGEVITY.REACHING 100 BIRTHDAY IS AGREAT MILESTONE FOR ANY OF US,ALSO THE FACT THAT HE WAS AVETERAN OF THE WORLDS WAR TWO,AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY,EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RELOSING VETERANS FROM WORLD WARIT, SO IT IS GREAT TO GO OUT,THERE HONOR HIM, SHOW OURRESPECT, YOU KNOW, WHILE WEINDUSTRIAL A CHANCE TO DO SO.NOW, LAST MONTH, LAST MONTH, MR. PATCHELLO HONOREDAT THE PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIPCOUNCIL MEETING, HOLD ON, OH,HERE IT IS, ALL OF US HERE ATCBS-3, MYSELF INCLUDED THEWASHINGTON HOUSEHOLD WANT TORECOGNIZE HIM L, AND SAY HAPPYBIRTHDAY, WE HOPE YOU ENJOYYOUR DAY, AND WE THANK YOU,THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, TOOUR COUNTRY, AND I APOLOGIZE,MY CAKE AND THE CANDLES MELTED, BUNT OUT WHILE I WASWAITING.JUST WANTED TO WISH OUR VERYBEST, AND SO SIR, THANK YOUFOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY ANDALL OF OUR VETERANS, HAPPYBIRTHDAY TO YOU.ALL RIGHT.LOOKING GOOD IN THAT HAT, YES,AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOUR