Of the 16 million men and women who served during World War II, only about 900,000 are still alive today, according to The National WWII Museum. Most of the WWII veterans are well into their 90s and leading quiet lives. For many of them, the war is a distant memory. Some of them may have even forgotten large part of their time in combat. However, one young man in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, wanted to make sure these veterans knew their service would never be forgotten.
Divante Nicholson, an employee of the Cape Girardeau Burger King, left his station at the back of the restaurant to come out and shake hands with a veteran in line, according to KCTV 5 News.
"I just want to shake your hand and thank you for your service and for my freedom in our beautiful country," Nicholson told the veteran, as reported by the news source.
Nicholson thank the veteran, 94-year-old Kenneth Haas, because his father served in the military and he planned to enter the Air Force after completing high school. Another customer in the restaurant, Tina Readus, witnessed the event and published a post to Facebook thanking the young man for his standup behavior.
So far, the post has been shared over 1,200 times.