12 Apr 2021
Burnie Sutter and his family were all smiles on Saturday as they watched a parade of about 100 cars help celebrate his 100th birthday.
The veteran, who wore his military medallions, waved as neighbors drove past, honking and cheering outside the Saddle Brook Memory Care Community assisted living facility in Frisco, Texas, according to the
Dallas Morning News.
“It was an extremely emotional day,” said his daughter, Sandra Richards. “This week has been because it’s such an outpouring of all these people who we don’t know, don’t know my dad, don’t know us, and they’ve just been awesome.”
For his 100th birthday, World War II veteran in Frisco is treated to a parade and thanks from around world
For his 100th birthday, World War II veteran in Frisco is treated to a parade and thanks from around world
Around 100 families came out to honor Burnie Sutter, a D-Day survivor and among the 90th Infantry Division’s first fighters to enter Czechoslovakia in the push to end World War II.
Burnie Sutter waves at people taking part in a car parade held for his 100th birthday at Saddle Brook Memory Care Community in Frisco on April 10, 2021.(Shelby Tauber / Special Contributor)