One of the hundreds who came out for the Memorial Day Parade in Hastings Monday was just one of the veterans there who were honored, but Arthur Hill is special.

 

He's one of the Greatest Generation, those who served in WWII, came home to parades, went about their lives and mostly didn’t talk about their experiences in the war.

Hill divides his time between Hastings and Banfield.

 

His memory is getting dim about some things, but he remembers well that at the age of 18, he left school and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944.  He didn’t wait to be drafted, he was regular Army, and served in Germany. “I’m one of the young guys now,” he said, “I’m 92.”

“This was a nice parade,” he said. “I was here last year, too.” His birthday is next month, so he’ll be 93 at the next Memorial Day Parade when he and all veterans will again be honored; those who served and those who served and didn’t come home.

 

Thank you for your service, Arthur.

 

Photo: Arthur Hill, WWII veteran