100-Year-Old WWII Vet Breaks Down During Interview: “This Is Not the Country We Fought For”

American News Jul 3, 2022 12:19 AM
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The 100-year-old WWII vet cried for those growing up in America today saying, “Nobody will have the opportunity I had. It’s just not the same. That’s not what our boys, that’s not what they died for.”
Florida native and World War II veteran Carl Spurlin Deke turned 100-years-old on June 29th and began crying as he reflected on the current state of America.The former Marine started off his interview with a local Fox station focusing on the aspects of life that he’s appreciated such as nature, going to church, and living to be 100. He looked back fondly on his life saying, “I’ve lived a good life. I’ve had a lot of love, happiness, smiling, telling everybody that everything was beautiful every day.“Deke’s gratitude for his life quickly turned into an emotional confession about his concern about the entitlement and ungrateful grievance erupting from younger generations saying, “People don’t realize what they have. They b*tch about it. And then nowadays, I am so upset because the things we did, the things we fought for, a …