WITH HIS DEATH SO FAR.
>>> STACEY: A WORLD WAR II
VETERAN IS HONORED, RECEIVING
FRANCE'S, HIGHEST THIS TENSION.
THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONO
METAL.
HIS HONOR TODAY IS MAKING
CHICAGO PROUD.
WITH HIS HANDS FIRMLY ON HIS
HEART --
CHICAGOAN IS HONORED TODAY.
>> HE IS A HERO.
>>> STACEY: IN AMERICAN HERO
STORMING NORMANDY ON D-DAY,
INITIALLY LIBERATING FRANCE.
TODAY, THE FRENCH CONSUL GENERAL
GIVING THE SOLDIER THE LEGION OF
HONOR MEDAL.
>> IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO
RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM
A GREAT COUNTRY.
>> THE FRENCH FLAG, WE WOULD NO
LONGER BE FLYING TODAY.
MY PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS
WOULD HAVE LIVED UNDER TYRANNY.
HE SAVED US AND CHANGED
EVERYTHING FOREVER IN MY
COUNTRY.
>>> STACEY: THE HONOR HAPPENING
IN FRONT OF THE FRENCH
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL.
A LESSON FROM ONE GENERATION TO
THE NEXT.
>> I THINK THEY CAN LEARN THERE
IS A LOT OF LOYALTY.
, A LOT OF DEDICATION, LOVE FOR
YOUR COUNTRY.
THE GENERATIONS AND COUNTRIES
CAN STILL GET ALONG.
>> THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR
GENERATIONS CAN BE BROUGHT
TOGETHER AN HONOR THIS MAN IS
VERY EMOTIONAL.
>>> STACEY: THEY TOOK PICTURES,
SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS, AND TODAY
HAPPENS TO BE HIS BIRTHDAY.
>> I FEEL PRETTY GOOD.
FOR MY AGE, I THINK I AM PRETTY
GOOD.
>>> STACEY: AFTER THE AWARDS
CEREMONY, IT IS TIME TO DANCE
AND REALLY CELEBRATE.
I JUST LOVE THAT PART.
HE IS DANCING AWAY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
ALAN WAS ASKING HOW OLD IS HE?
97 YEARS OLD.
TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY.
HE IS SUCH A CHICAGO STORY.
HIS PARENTS CAME FROM SICILY.
BRIDGEPORT WAS HOME FOR HIM.
>>> ALAN: WE ARE SO CHICAGO
PROUD OF HIM
