Selfless Arlington employee helps veteran visit his wife’s grave
According to Fox5, 96-year-old George Boone, a B-24 pilot who became a POW when he was shot down over Romania in 1943 wanted to visit his wife grave during an Honor Flight trip to Arlington. Somehow his wheel chair didn’t make the trip. A selfless employee at the National Cemetery offered to carry the frail veteran on his back;
The employee, who wishes to remain anonymous, did just that. Boone’s son, Jon Boone, documented the scene as the employee brought him to his wife’s gravesite.
“He was such a caring young fellow, I felt like a toy in his arms,” he told FOX5…”I would like him to know how greatly I appreciate what he did,” he said. “His kindness was overwhelming.”
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The world is still good. So humbling to see.
Gotdamn miniature onion cutting invisible cubicle ninjas.
And fuck pollen and dust too.
^^^Rgr. Love good news stories in these times.
I wish someone would identify him so he can get the recognition he so richly deserves. Every time I think the world and most of its inhabitants suck, I read a story such as this. Best wishes to you, Sir. A very noble act on your part.
That he wishes to stay in the shadows also speaks volumes of him. Blessings …
What he deserves is to get what he wants – remaining unidentified.
Good job, Mr. Anonymous. Thank you.
Mr Boone may have participated in the infamous Polesti raid. It occurred in 43 and I don’t recall many in that area that early. The raid was staged by units from England that were detached to North Africa specifically to bomb the Romanian oil refineries. It was a cock up from the start and did more damage to the Eighth Air Force than it did to the Germans. Reading contemporary accounts of that mission will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. Bombing an oil refinery from an altitude of one hundred feet sounds like insanity to me. Four MOH were awarded for that single mission, two posthumously. No other mission of WW II garnered more than two. Mr. Boone is a true hero.
The raid on the Ploesti oil fields in Romania was “Operation Tidal Wave”.
Afterwards, it was referred to by the Army Air Corps as Black Sunday.
RiR: accounts I’ve read indicate 5 MOHs were awarded for actions over Ploetsi vice 4, with 3 of them being awarded posthumously.
Awardees were Col. John R. Kane, Col. Leon Johnson, Lt. Col. Addison Baker, Maj. John Jerstad, and Lt. Lloyd “Pete” Hughes. The awards to Baker, Jerstad, and Hughes were posthumous.
That he wishes to remain anonymous (or is that unidentified? I forget where we landed on that argument) tells me volumes about this man’s character.
Refreshing when someone doesn’t want to be in the spotlight and hog some glory. It makes this story more about the veteran and his wife. The vets are all it should be about at our national cemetery.
Gut level goodness, operating on raw instinct. A good man did a good thing.
It makes me feel better about life just reading about him.
Further proof that there are still plenty of Real People out there who truly care about others.
God bless this young man for his giving heart. God bless Mr. Boone for his service to our country.
This is the best Feel Good story I have read in a while. Really touched my heart.
Well done, whoever this younger man is.
No, I not need to know his name. What he did is enough.
Right on!!!
Selfless service. Thank you anon for all you do as a volunteer at Arlington.
To the anonymous young man who carried Mr. Boone to his wife’s grave:
I salute you, sir. Much respect.
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In case anyone is wondering, the National Archives has a listing of WW II POWs and 2nd LT. George BBoone is among them. He was indeed Army Air Corps, Heavy Bombardment and was taken POW in Romania. The report is dated 15 April 1944.
Yet another true blue Warrior who has BTDT and is humble about it.
I remain convinced that there are more young men and women like young Anonymous than there are snowflakes and their ilk.
Thank you young man.
BZ whomever you are. There are still good people out there though it’s hard to believe that sometimes.
A true gentleman here. Unlike the posers featured on this site, he displayed true honor and humility. Good on you, Mr. Unknown.
Great story and a great selfless act.
However, when I read this on another site, one of my thoughts was “Arlingtoon doesn’t have a all terrain wheelchair that can be borrowed?”
Really?
My little burg has a wheelchair that can be borrowed so people can go on the beach. (Soft sand and all.) It became so popular with tourists that the people who built the original built another one that was improved. So now the town has two and they are still popular with visitors.
And the group that built them?
The local VFW.
Once again this is not to take away from the unselfish act of the man who helped someone in a selfless act of kindness.
It just seems to me that the elderly – those in need of a wheelchair – would be fairly common at Arlington and while regular chairs may get the job done with great effort, several all terrain chairs which are easier to push over the ground, should be available.
If the need is fairly common, might all of them have been out and in use?
A good man stepped up to the plate. Nothing is lessened even if it was “why make this Vet wait half an hour for a wheelchair? I can carry him in five minutes.”
We owe our WW2 vets a tremendous debt of honor. (As we do those Vets of our other wars.) Someone stepped up and covered a marker. I do not really care what otherwise might have been done. Mission accomplished. Drive on.