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100-Year-Old WWII Hero Breaks Down in Tears While Discussing America Today: 'It's All Gone Down the Drain'

Billy Hallowell : Jul 6, 2022  Faithwire.com

"I've lived a good life, I've had an awful lot of happiness, smiling, telling everyone that everything is beautiful every day ... if I wake up in the morning and see all those flowers in there, and the green grass on the ground, that's beautiful. People don't realize what they have..." -Carl Spurlin Dekel, US Marine Vet

[Faithwire.com] A 100-year-old World War II veteran is crediting God for bringing him home safe from the war while also warning much of what he and others fought for has "gone down the drain." (Screengrab image)

Carl Spurlin Dekel, a US Marine veteran, spoke about his life, military service, and gratitude while gathering with his family June 29 to celebrate his milestone birthday.

"Most important thing in my life was serving my country. I don't think I could take away from that," Dekel told WTVT-TV.  "The Lord brought me home, and the Lord has just blessed me so, and here I sit, at 100."

While he said it was an "honor" to serve his country and that he would do it again, he also had some stern words about contemporary culture... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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