After decades spent fighting to receive the Silver Star Medal he earned for gallantry during combat in World War II, 107-year-old Harold Nelson — believed to be Colorado’s oldest WWII
the good lord for looking after me. i made six enemy fire and there. carley: sergeant first class harold nelson. he was recommended for the nation s second highest military award after spending more than 600 days in active combat during world war ii. now, the paperwork that confirmed this was lost when a military records facility was destroyed in the 1970s. nelson was able to get that star after sharing a letter. his commander wrote to his mother in 1944. how about those details? janice, what an amazing story. janice: god bless him. amazing. we love covering stories like that. let s take a look at the weather. shall we? because we have cold temperatures here in new york. 55 right now. 50 in chicago. 50 in fargo and even colder air is set to arrive next couple of days. southwest showers and thunderstorms for you.
Talk about incredible (and incredibly well deserved) - a 107-year-old Colorado man & World War II veteran was just awarded one of the nation's highest honors for valor in combat.
Colorado's oldest reported living veteran finally received his long-overdue honor for his service in World War II after his records were lost in a tragic fire nearly 7 decades ago.