Four 100-Year-Old WWII Veterans Will Be Honored at Super Bowl LIV by Participating in Coin Toss

Col. Charles E. McGee will perform the coin toss and be joined by Staff Sgt. Odón Sanchez Cardenas, Lt. Col. Samuel Lombardo and Cpl. Sidney Walton

on Friday that Col. Charles E. McGee will perform the coin toss at the beginning of the game. He will be joined by Staff Sgt. Odón Sanchez Cardenas, Lt. Col. Samuel Lombardo and Cpl. Sidney Walton.

According to the NFL’s press release, McGee was born in 1919 in Cleveland, Ohio, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, joining the Tuskegee Airmen. He was stationed in Italy and flew tactical missions attacking enemy airfields and strategic missions.McGee flew a total of 136 combat missions before returning to the U.S. in December 1944. Two months ago, Congress awarded McGee an honorary promotion to Brigadier General.

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