BEFITTING AN AMERICAN HERO.
JAMES: THERE SHOULD BE MORE OF
THIS.
THESE GUYS DID AN AWFUL LOT FOR
THIS COUNTRY.
JOHN: I WOULDN’T MISS IT FOR
ANYTHING.
 PRESENT ARMS.
JULIE: ARMY VETERAN JAMES MCCUE
SURVIVED TWO YEARS OF HEAVY
COMBAT DURING WORLD WAR II,
STORMED THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY,
SAW THE INVENTION OF THE
TELEVISION SET AND WATCHED AS
MAN LANDED ON THE MOON.
>> MY DAD WAS A SECOND WORLD WAR
VET, I’M A VIETNAM VET, AND I’D
HATE TO SEE MY DAD MOVE
WITHOUT ANYBODY THERE.
JULIE: MR. MCCUE OUTLIVED HIS
FAMILY.
WHEN HE DIED LAST WEEK AT THE
AGE OF 97, VETERANS’ SERVICES
LEARNED THERE WOULD BE FEW TO
MOURN HIS PASSING.
SEC. URENA: YOU HAVE TURNED OUT
TO SAY IT MATTERS.
JULIE: WORD SPREAD, AND HUNDREDS
ARRIVED TO THANK A MAN THEY
THEY NEVER KNEW.
SGT. LINDSAY: THESE MEN WERE
GOING INTO BATTLE KNOWING THAT
THEY COULD DIE RIGHT AWAY.
I’M HERE TO SHOW RESPECT TO A
MAN THAT DESERVES IT
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♪
>> HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND.
>> HE WAS A GOOD MAN.
JULIE: DORIS SEVIGNY, MR.
MCCUE’S BEST FRIEND OF 27 YEARS,
WAS OVERCOME BY THE OUTPOURING
BECAUSE WHAT HER FRIEND
WITNESSED OVER NEARLY A CENTUR
WHAT HE LIVED THROUGH, COULD
ONLY BE OVERSHADOWED BY WHAT HE
DIDN’T SE
♪
DIANE: IT WOULD BRING ANYBODY TO
TEARS.
♪
JULI ANOTHER WORLD WAR II
VETERAN WILL B
