This war hero faced the Nazi army, and some nanny state liberal or predatory lawyer has decided to stop him from representing his heroic brothers in arms? Disgusting. It's time for this generation's heroes to defend his country and ours against the nanny state activists and against the frivolous lawsuits that some loser is scared of.
The right answer is to let this hero decide whether he wants to carry the flag. A close to right answer is to give him an honor guard - let him carry the flag while flanked by one of the regiment's youngest soldiers. Tell the young guy what this hero did and that it's his job to catch the colors if necessary and otherwise to stand by the side of a soldier from the generation that faced Hitler. That should satisfy the advocates for "health and safety madness".
Agreed; essential points all.
This illustrates, among other things, how the Left will in the most brutal manner possible suck the lifeblood out of any or all of us, destroy our history and eradicate our culture with the stoke of a pen....and always have a convenient lawyer to hide behind.
I could EASILY see such a scenario as this happening here in the USA under an 0bama ‘administration’.