100-Year-Old WWII Vets Honored at Super Bowl Coin Toss
“This is my first Super Bowl,” said decorated veteran Col. Charles E. McGee.
“Four 100-year-old World War II veterans were honorary captains for the Super Bowl. Fitting, for the finale of the NFL’s 100th season. The men participated in the coin toss before the game on Sunday in Miami between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers.”
“Colonel Charles E. McGee, did the official flip, joined by Staff Sergeant Odón Sanchez Cardenas, Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Lombardo and Corporal Sidney Walton.”
“This year marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. McGee is a former Tuskegee Airman who flew 136 flights over Nazi Europe, and then served in Korea and Vietnam.”
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