MILLION AND $10 MILLION BEING
SET ASIDE FOR LONG-TERM
MAINTENANCE.
THEY HOPE TO PAY FOR WITH
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING.
103 YEARS YOUNG A NORTH
TEXAS WORLD WAR II VETERAN HAS
A SPECIAL DAY.
WE ARE LIVE AT THE SHERIDAN
WITH MORE OF THE CELEBRATION.
Reporter: THE ROOM IS FULL,
LET ME TELL YOU WHY, BROOKE.
OVER THIS GENTLEMAN'S SHOULDER
THAT IS THE MAN OF THE DAY, THE
MAN OF 103 YEARS, JAMES MAGGIE,
HE HAS THE REENACTMENT OF THE
WORLD WAR II ERA HE IS
CELEBRATED TODAY NOT JUST FOR
HIS BIRTHDAY BUT HE IS THE MOST
DECORATED OFFICER IN THE THE
HISTORY OF THE 82nd.
THE ATTRIBUTE PAYS REFERENCE
AND REVERENCE TO MANY. SINGER,
TONY ORLANDO, IS HERE.
MOST EXCITING, TODAY, ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE WHO WAS FREED FROM
A CONCENTRATION CAMP IS HERE TO
PERSONALLY THANK THE MAN THAT
HELPED LIBERATE HIM.
THE RESIDENT WILL HAVE YOU KNOW
103 YEARS THAT IS JUST A
NUMBER.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED ME,
WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE YOUR
LONGEVITY TO?
AND I HESITATE FOR A MINUTE AND
I SAY, LOOK, WHAT I ATTRIBUTE
MY LONGEVITY TO TO THE FACT
THAT I HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED
MY MISSION.
Reporter: AND I CAN TELL YOU
THAT THAT MISSION IS HIGHLY
DECORATED FOR HIM FROM YEARS OF
SERVICE AND SO MANY PEOPLE HERE
TODAY FOR 103 YEARS TO SEE THIS
CELEBRATION AND HE AND THE
LEGACY OF MANY OTHERS OF THE
