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104-year-old World War II veteran Dominick Critelli, who fought at Normandy and in the Battle of the Bulge, wowed the crowd by performing the National Anthem on his saxophone at a New York Islanders game.
Critelli, a staff sergeant who immigrated to the U.S. from Italy when he was a child, spent 151 days in combat during World War II, earning three Bronze Stars.
Tears in my eyes. Thank you for sharing.
I’m pretty sure I have permanent goosebumps. Amazing! Thank you to our great veterans. God bless America.
https://x.com/NYIslanders/status/2005107346662436870
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My dad would be 104 if he be alive today, lived to ripe old age of 90.
What is truly impressive is the lung capacity it takes to play the saxophone. I knew a an who played the sax in the big band era, playing for all the famous bands and singers of the day. He passed away awhile ago at age 91 but had to give up playing the sax at 87 because he no longer had the lung capacity.
Yes! That last note was loooong. He nailed the song. Tone, timing, passion, all perfect.
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