PRISON, IF HE'S CONVICTED.
2-ROBERT:THE NATION WILL SPEND
THIS WEEKEND- OBSERVING
VETERANS DAY- AND THOSE WHO
FOUGHT FOR OUT COUNTRY.
2-SHANNON:FOR ONE AUSTIN
VETERAN -- IT'S A REMINDER OF
HOW LUCKY HE IS.TONIGHT,
KXAN'S ALICIA INNS INTRODUCES
US TO A WAR HERO WHO NOT ONLY
RISKED HIS LIFE -- BUT HIS
LIFE WAS SAVED. "I GOT
ASSIGNED TO A MACHINE GUN
SQUAD"ALICIA: IT DIDN'T TAKE
LONG AFTER ENLISTING IN THE
ARMY -- 73 YEARS AGO -- BEFORE
DON MORRISON TOOK A HIT... "HE
SAYS, I'LL TELL YOU WHATS THE
MATTER, YOU'VE GOT BAD
FROSTBITE""THAT'S WHEN THE
FOUND OUT I HAD THE MUMPS"
ALICIA: THATS WAS IN GERMANY,
1944 DURING WORLD WAR TWO --
MORRISON WAS ONLY 18 YEARS OLD.
"FOR FIVE WEEKS I DIDN'T HAVE
TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES"
ALICIA: WHEN HE WAS HEALTHY
ENOUGH, IT WAS BACK TO THE
BATTLEFIELD."AND THAT'S WHEN
THAT OTHER ONE CAME IN IT WENT
ACROSS MY FACE THAT SHRAPNEL
AND IT HIT HERE OF COURSE AND
KNOCKED ME OUT"ALICIA: FELLOW
SOLDIERS LEFT HIM, ASSUMING
MORRISON DIED..BUT HE SAYS
"THE HAND OF GOD",
INTERVENED..."I JUST CARRIED
IT THAT WAY, ALWAYS CARRIED IT
THERE"ALICIA: SHRAPNEL
DESTINED FOR MORISSON'S HEART
---BLOCKED BY THE BIBLE HE
CARRYED IN HIS POCKET."HAD IT
NOT BEEN THERE, THERE WAS
NOTHING ELSE STOPPING IT, ONLY
BONES"ALICIA: AND LIKE A TRUE
SOLDIER -- HE GOT UP AND KEPT
FIGHTING..."I SAID I NEED TO
BE HERE WITH THE REST OF YA. I
GOT A JOB TO DO"ALICIA: WITH
GOD ON HIS SIDE IN THE
TRENCHES...ALICIA INNS KXAN
NEWS...SHANNON:THIS WEEKEND ON
VETERANS DAY, DON MORRISON
WILL BE HOSTING PROGRAMS AT
THE BUCKNER VILLAS SENIOR
LIVING COMMUNITY IN NORTH
AUSTIN, WHERE HE LIVES, TO
HONOR THE LOCAL VETERANS IN
OUR COMMUNITY.ROBERTTHE CITY
OF AUSTIN WAS RANKED THE BEST
PLACE FOR VETERANS TO LIVE IN
A RECENT SURVEY FROM
WALLETHUB...THEY LOOKED AT THE
BIGGEST 100 CITIES IN THE
COUNTRY AND FOCUSED ON
EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMY, QUALITY
OF LIFE, AND HEALTHAUSTIN HAD
THE LOWEST RATE OF VETERANS
BEING UNEMPLOYED.THE CITY WAS
RANKED 8TH BEST FOR QUALITY OF
LIFE...AND CAME IN 24 - WHEN
IT COMES TO PROVIDING HEALTH
SERVICES FOR VETERANS..AND IN
CASE YOU'RE WONDERING-
COLORADO SPRINGS CAME IN
SECOND...VIRGINIA BEACH -THIRD.
AND RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
AND PLANO, TEXAS -ROUNDED OUT
THE TIME FIVE- FOR BEST PLACES
FOR VETERANS TO LIVE.ROBERTA
CEREMONY AT THE STATE CAPITOL
TOMORROW WILL HONOR THOSE WHO
HELPED LIBERATE THE DEATH
CAMPS IN WORLD WAR TWO.WE'LL
SPEAK TO A VETERAN- AS HE
RECALLS GOING INTO THE CAMPS...
AND WHAT'S BEING DONE TO MAKE
SURE MEMORIES LIKE HIS LIVE
ON...THAT'S TOMORROW MORNING-
ON KXAN NEWS TODAY- STARTING
