A non-profit organization is making one senior's wish come true.
FOX 26 Reporter Randy Wallace spoke with the woman as well as the organization who is making it all happen."He was the handsomest man I had ever seen, and nice had good manners, showed me a good time," said Norma Sue Stephens.MORE HEARTWARMING NEWS
"He had all kinds of medals," Stephens said. "But he was very modest. He didn't really want to talk about it." "I was very young when he passed away," said Marc Phelps, Victor's grandson. "I'm the only grandchild who got to see him alive.""We started digging, it could be a movie what he did, and the way he came up through the ranks," Phelps said.Victor Phelps spent 100 days as a prisoner of war.
"He survived the death march," Phelps said. "Four guys carried him on a blanket from Italy to Poland. Because if you fell out of the march, they would shoot you." Thanks to social media, Victor Phelps' relatives discovered there's an annual memorial at the spot where his plane crashed in Italy."Everybody's heard of Make-a-Wish for kids, Twilight Wish is for seniors 65 and over," said William Graff Head of Twilight Wish's Houston Chapter. "They've always wanted something to do something, or maybe they just need something, and Twilight Wish tries to provide those wishes.
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