yes. so they have these 100th bomb group reunions i have actually been going to myself over the years and my grandfather who was navigator of a b-17 before world war ii, he was shot down after over 20 missions, over munsur germany, was p.o.w. for 18 months, actually was there when the great escape happened in the same prison camp. he got to know lucky and many other veterans over the years at these reunions and i have had the chance to meet so many of these people, but lucky is remarkable, and i m just so proud of him that he has this book out this week, he s 100 years old and if that does not inspire every single one of us watching to go after your dreams, it s never too late, pam ela, never to late to go out and do something like write a book. so dtrue, i love the message
reporter: hey there, pamela. well, i ve actually gotten the chance to know lucky, which is his nickname, very fitting, over the last several years. and when i heard that he was writing this book with kevin maurer, right before his 100 years young birthday, i knew that i needed to interview him. it s called damn lucky. it s out this week. take a listen to our interview. i never dreamed that i would be accidentally a part of history, which is what i eventually had to recognize that i had become. for 50 years after the war i would not even refer to my wartime experiences. that happened in a period in my life when i was just in the beginning a hairy-headed college kid that went to war and served his country as all of my
all right. i know a lot of people just having anecdotal conversations are saying oh gosh, i want to sell my house right now because the market s so hot. but then it s like, well, where are you going to move? because it s hot everywhere. it still is. even with these interest rates highsing. all right, johnny haong, thank you so much. great to have you on. thank you, pamela. you re in the cnn newsroom. the last living pilot of an iconic world war ii bomb group s original crew in his own words. a biography of john lucky luckadoo, now 100 years young, is coming out. and he previews for us the experiences he says no one else ever had. it had become so apparent that if i didn t do it wasn t going to get done. i ve not only been lucky but i ve been damn l lucky.