Richard Overton, the world’s oldest living World War II veteran and Austinite, is turning 110 Wednesday.
Overton was born May 11, 1906, and lives in the same home he purchased after his service in World War II. He joined the military in 1942 and served in the Pacific as part of the 1887th Engineer Aviation Battalion.
"I'm really surprised, I really didn't know there was going to be this many people. I knew it was going to be somebody, but I didn't know it was going to be like this and I really enjoyed it," Overton said about his 109th birthday party in 2015.
