A World War 2 veteran received a standing ovation on Wednesday speaking at the 3rd night of the RNC.
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome World War II hero, William Peckerell.
00:30Thank you very much.
00:37My name is Bill Peckerell.
00:40I'm a proud Wisconsinite.
00:46I'm a proud husband of 76 years old and my wife, Rosemary.
00:54I'm a father of 11 children, six girls, five boys.
01:07Our family across five generations and a proud World War II veteran.
01:19I'm 98 years old.
01:35Some call us the greatest generation.
01:45It's an honor considering America is the greatest nation in the history of the world.
01:57I will never forget and witness the horror of the Nazi's war camps.
02:05In the Battle of the Bulge, my friends and I fought to stop the Nazi's last major push
02:14in the Western Front.
02:19A few months later, Hitler was dead.
02:30The Nazi's were defeated.
02:36We were, and we gave thanks to almighty God for delivering us from evil.
02:56But not many of us came home.
03:00I still miss a lot of my friends on that beach.
03:09There were many of us left.
03:11There aren't many of us left today, but for us, those of us who are here, that America
03:22is still worth fighting for.
03:46It hurts my heart to see what our current president and vice president have done to
03:55the country I love so well.
03:58They humiliated us in Afghanistan.
04:03We pushed around in China.
04:05Terrorists run wild in the Middle East.
04:09And they let our own southern border get overrun.
04:20America, people say, America is an idea.
04:27But I believe America is much more than that.
04:35America is our home.
05:06You know, when I was fighting in Europe, and I came back home, I kissed the ground, thanking
05:16God that I'm back home in my country.
05:30And where I come from, when somebody comes for me or my home, you dig in your boots and
05:39the ground and never look back.
05:50That's the attitude that saved the free world and those years ago.
05:58And President Trump, back in commander-in-chief, I would go back to re-enlist today.
06:24And I would storm whatever beach my country wanted to, needs me to.
06:40God bless you.
06:42God bless our home.
06:44And the United States of America.