CNN CNN Newsroom October 12, 2013 16:48:00
Happy birthday, sir. >> that's right. >> you're stealing my thunder here, gentlemen. one of america's heroes hit another milestone, talking about mel whitfield, we consider him part of the family here, his daughter happens to be our own news anchor, fredricka whitfield whose chair i am sitting in. in his hay day, he was called marvelous mel. won medals in the korean war, spent nights training on military runways in the army air force where he was a gunner on 27 combat missions. he was the first ever active duty soldier to win gold at the olympics. after leaving the army, he spent a career as a...
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