102-year-old soldier tells secrets to long life (Oldest living West Point grad.)

Honolulu Advertiser ^ | today | Walter Wright

[Rodney King]

Frank Steer of Kailua, the oldest living graduate of West Point, a doughboy who fought under Gen. John J. Pershing in the First World War, and the martial law provost marshal who rounded up suspected Hawai'i spies and policed Hotel Street during World War II, revealed his secrets for a long life yesterday.

[Rodney King]

World War I veteran Frank Steer receives a lei from Mrs. Hawaii International Tara Easley during his 102nd birthday party at the Kane'ohe Marine Corps Base Officers Club. Steer was provost marshal in Hawai'i during World War II.

[Rodney King]

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[RobRoy]

>>102-year-old soldier tells secrets to long life <<

Know when to duck!

[SAMWolf]

You gotta love this guy!

[RobRoy]

>>"Then I have my three unrelated words, which I check to see if I can remember. Bicycle. Basketball. Trash can.<<

Um, that's four words.

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks for the Ping J

[Free ThinkerNY]

"World War I veteran Frank Steer receives a lei from Mrs. Hawaii International Tara Easley"

I guess that's one of his secrets of long life.

[Soaring Feather]

You gotta love this guy!

Chew your food don't eat Spam, SAM!!

[ewing]

And keep your head down!

[Verginius Rufus]

Lt. Jack Fitzgerald, one of the first Marines to capture Sugar Loaf Hill on Okinawa in May 1945, and one of a handful in that group to be alive the next day, was named for General Pershing (John Pershing Fitzgerald). He died a few months ago at the age of 84; he was only a baby when World War I ended. Frank Steer, on the other hand, was old enough to serve under General Pershing, and is still going strong at 102. Truly a remarkable man.

[dennisw]

That pic is too much !!!

[RAY]

Now, if I could only remember to remember to chew my food!

[ErnBatavia]

That pic is too much !!!

Yeah, it's great.....and if a certain ex-POTUS were to have his dreams of fifty years from now come true, they'd probably include such as this, versus his current "marital status".

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

United States Army bump.

[NormsRevenge]

BUMP for Frank Steer .. 102 .. wow!! Something to shoot for...

and the Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill and Medal of Honor winner USMC MajGen Jim Day

[Victoria Delsoul]

It's sort of Steer's version of reading the paper every morning to make sure he is not in the obituary column.

LOL! That's a funny one. He's funny, alright. He doesn't smoke right now, gave up drinking hard liquor at 69, and drank wine until he was 97.

[Fred Mertz]

This is an uplifting read.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

"I drank wine until I was 97, and I asked the doctor if it was OK, and he said, 'I'd rather you didn't.' "

What kind of advice is that? The man was ninety seven and the doctor doesn't want him to drink a little wine? What was he trying to do, improve his health? Help him live longer? If I were the doc and he told me he drank a little rat poison every day I would say keep it up and bring me a little the next time you come in.