Family and friends gathered at the National WWII Museum on Saturday to remember Lawrence Brooks, who was the oldest surviving World War II veteran until his death on Jan. 5 at age 112.

Floyd Hopper easily could have been killed while serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. But his flight out of Seattle was delayed and while waiting at the airport, his entire mash unit was killed. Hopper died Jan. 6. He was 90.