Richard Arvin Overton

My name is Richard Arvin Overton. I am 109 years old. I am the oldest World War II veteran. I went in the army at 1940. Made you (more) braver, stronger - I can sleep with every door open here without a lock on it. Ain’t scared. NO. Ain’t nothing gonna bother you. You see a soldier with a gun. You don’t see him turn around and go back this way. He may go sideways. But he ain’t gonna turn around and go back. If it’s your time to go, that bullet’s gonna get you. If it ain’t your time to go, that bullet’s going over your head. My time ain’t got here yet, and I don’t know when I come here, and I don’t know when I’m going. You either… Neither one of us know when we going. I may give out but I never give up. 我的名字是理查德·阿尔文·奥文顿。我今年109岁了。我是年纪最大的二战老兵。我于1940年参军。成为军人会使你更加勇敢，强壮——我敢在所有门都敞开不上锁的情况下睡觉，根本不会害怕，不会。没有什么能够令你担忧。你看见一个持枪的士兵，你绝不会看见他转身逃走。他也许会向两侧走去。但是他绝不会转身逃走。该你死的时候，子弹就会打到你的身上。不该你死时，子弹就会从你的脑袋上方射过去。我的死期还没有到来，我不知道什么时候来，我不知道我会在什么时候离开这个世界。你也是…没有人知道自己离世的时间。我可能会生病、身体垮掉，但是我永不放弃。