Sidney Walton, a 99-year-old World War II veteran, still regrets not stopping 78 years ago when he saw a gathering of Civil War veterans in Central Park.
That's why Walton, a Brooklyn native now residing in San Diego, is on his "No Regrets Tour," with the goal of meeting the governor of every state by the time he turns 100 next February. Walton wants to make sure that before there aren't any World War II veterans left, anyone who wants to meet one has the opportunity to do so. "It is important that they meet living history, they meet someone who fought in World War II," Walton's son, Paul, told the New York Daily News.
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