Elementary Student to Speak at Donald Stratton's Funeral-- Part 1

From Feb. 27, 2020, WIS News 10 NBC "8-year-old Union Co. boy to speak at funeral for 97-year-old World War II veteran."   Union County, North Carolina.

Elementary school student Landon Knestrick is about to get on a plane to fly to Colorado to speak at the funeral  of USS Arizona survivor Donald Stratton.  A friendship between the two began back in 2016.

Landon watched a documentary on the USS Arizona and became mesmerized with Donald.  It was Landon's Christmas wish to meet Mr. Stratton.  His family found Donald through social media and  and FaceTimed with each other while Mr. Stratton was in Hawaii for the 75th anniversary of the battle.

From then on, their friendship continued.

The following summer, the Stratton family was traveling to Washington, D.C.,  to meet Congress to try to get them to honor the man who saved Stratton and five others from the burning Arizona that day.  That man was Joseph Leon George.

The Strattons invited Landon and his family to Washington  so they could have a face-to-face.

Quite a Story.  --GreGen