At the age of 107 America's oldest known veteran plans to enjoy this year's Memorial Day in what he describes as the familiar company of up to 12 cigars and some whiskey-stiffened coffee - simple luxuries for a man who's lived through a lot. 'I don’t know, some people might do something for me, but I’ll be glad just to sit down and rest,' World War II veteran Richard Arvine Overton told Fox News from the East Austin, Texas home he built after returning from active duty. Understandably Mr Overton is already more than entitled to some extra rest and relaxation after his service in the South Pacific from 1942 through 1945.
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Richard Arvine Overton served in the South Pacific from 1942 to 1945 before returning and building his current home in Austin, Texas
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Attributes his old age to yard work, whiskey and an aspirin a day
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