Second World War veteran turns 102 years old in Penticton, B.C.
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Henry Kriwokon, a Second World War veteran, turned 102 years old on Wednesday.
Henry Kriwokon, a Second World War veteran, turned 102 years old on Wednesday.
Kriwokon moved to Penticton, B.C., in 1999 and still lives in the same home he settled down in over 20 years ago.
“I am just enjoying life — today is just another day,” said Kriwokon.
The walls of Kriwokon’s home are covered with photographs, awards and newspaper articles that he has collected over the years.
Those include one of the most famous photos from the Second World War, “Wait for me, Daddy”, and pictured in the lineup of soldiers is Kriwokon.
“As of today, there are only two of us still living from the photo, myself and one of the other soldiers,” said Kriwokon.
After he returned home from war, he worked as a millwright before retiring.
“Then I thought, ‘What I am going to do,’ and just about then the camcorders came out. I got one and I was on the road all day taking photographs,” he said.
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