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. >>> and in england, hundreds attends the funeral of harold percival. a man they didn't know. the world war ii veteran was 92 when he died in november with no friends or family left. the funeral home asked for a service so his passing wouldn't go unmarked. it filled the chapel and scores more had to stand outside in the rain. >>> two u.s. army veterans are creating the first crowd source war memorial. as michelle miller reports, they're asking troops to share their experiences from iraq and afghanistan in just a few words. >> this one actually is one of my favorite ones on the website. >> reporter: west point graduates mike nemeth and shaun wheelwright believe a lot can be said in just six words. >> "responsibilities caused maturing beyond my years." >> reporter: these were just a few of the house to six-word war stories they've collected from veterans since june. "hearts and minds, i lost both." "taliban bullets, army hospital, found love." it's their way of helping the war weary begin their emotional recovery. >> there's tragedy. there's sadness. there's, you know, you have
. >>> and in england, hundreds attends the funeral of harold percival. a man they didn't know. the world war ii veteran was 92 when he died in november with no friends or family left. the funeral home asked for a service so his passing wouldn't go unmarked. it filled the chapel and scores more had to stand outside in the rain. >>> two u.s. army veterans are creating the first crowd source war memorial. as michelle miller reports, they're asking troops to share their...
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and in britain a funeral was held for harold percival who served in the royal air force in world war ii. he died last month at 99 with few friends or family. but when his story was picked up on the internet, hundreds turned out to honor him. war stories in six words, next. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online instantly with the game changing app from ink. we didn't get into business to spend time managing receipts, that's why we have ink. we like being in business because we like being creative, we like interacting with people. so you have time to focus on the things you love. ink from chase. so you can. and the best move of all? having the right partner at your side. take the next step. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company to be your partner. go long. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain... ♪ ready or not. [ female announcer ] .
and in britain a funeral was held for harold percival who served in the royal air force in world war ii. he died last month at 99 with few friends or family. but when his story was picked up on the internet, hundreds turned out to honor him. war stories in six words, next. i'm beth... and i'm michelle. and we own the paper cottage. it's a stationery and gifts store. anything we purchase for the paper cottage goes on our ink card. so you can manage your business expenses and access them online...
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. >>> our british allies movingly saluted one of their own, 99-year-old veteran harold percival who died recently. look, his obituary noted he has no close family who could attend his funeral. word got out on social media and 300 strangers showed up in the rain to salute a man who deserves gratitude from us all. >>> and as we honor our american veterans tonight a troubling abc news investigation is next. u.s. government contracts awarded to companies with alleged ties to terror groups, some of those terror groups targeting american forces. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross on the trail. >> reporter: with americans still being attacked every week in afghanistan, the u.s. government has worked hard to find out who has helped pay for the continued and deadly insurgent strikes only to discover that among those connected to the terrorists were companies also working as contractors for the u.s. government, according to these two lists produced by the military and the congress department. u.s. officials say the companies already have received about $150 million in u.s. taxpayer
. >>> our british allies movingly saluted one of their own, 99-year-old veteran harold percival who died recently. look, his obituary noted he has no close family who could attend his funeral. word got out on social media and 300 strangers showed up in the rain to salute a man who deserves gratitude from us all. >>> and as we honor our american veterans tonight a troubling abc news investigation is next. u.s. government contracts awarded to companies with alleged ties to...
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. ♪ >> reporter: they came from across great britain to honor harold percival and his service to their country. young and old, they came. almost no one here knew percival, but when he died last month at 99, this obituary written by the funeral director asked those to come and stand up for him. >> it turned out to be far more than we could have imagined. >> reporter: percival was a world war ii serving in the royal air force. never married no children. he died in a nursing home in northern england. the fear was no one would attend his funeral but when that o obituary was picked up by social media, hundreds stood in the rain. >> i never heard of harold until friday morning. >> he served his country. >> it's important that we all support him. >> reporter: >> reporter: a nephew described percival as an old soldier, not a hero, just a vet. >> every man's a piece of their continent. >> reporter: and on this day, his fellow vets turned out to ensure that this old soldier would not just fade away. ♪ >> wonderful story. >> great story. >> did the right thing. >> indeed. >>> ahead on "cbs this
. ♪ >> reporter: they came from across great britain to honor harold percival and his service to their country. young and old, they came. almost no one here knew percival, but when he died last month at 99, this obituary written by the funeral director asked those to come and stand up for him. >> it turned out to be far more than we could have imagined. >> reporter: percival was a world war ii serving in the royal air force. never married no children. he died in a nursing...
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. ♪ >> reporter: they came from across great britain to honor harold percival and his service to their country. young and old, they came. almost no one here knew percival, but when he died last month at 99 this obituary written by the funeral director asked those to come and stand up for him. >> it turned out to be far more than we could have imagined. >> reporter: percival was a world war ii serving in the royal air force. never married no children. he died in a nursing home in northern england. the fear was no one would attend his funeral but when that owe obituary was picked up by social media, hundreds stood in the rain. >> i never heard of harold until friday morning. >> he served his country. >> it's important that we all support him. >> reporter: >> reporter: a nephew described percival as an old soldier, not a hero, just a vet. >> every man's a piece of their continent. >> reporter: and on this day, his fellow vets turned out to ensure that this old soldier would not just fade away. ♪ >> wonderful story. >> great story. >> did the right thing. >> indeed. >>> ahead on "cbs thi
. ♪ >> reporter: they came from across great britain to honor harold percival and his service to their country. young and old, they came. almost no one here knew percival, but when he died last month at 99 this obituary written by the funeral director asked those to come and stand up for him. >> it turned out to be far more than we could have imagined. >> reporter: percival was a world war ii serving in the royal air force. never married no children. he died in a nursing...
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. >> hundreds attended the funeral of a met van they never met. 99-year-old harold jericho percival died with no friends, no family. it look like he would be buried alone and forgotten until his funeral home posted an ad in a local paper asking military personnel to attend. the ad made its way to the internet and the response was overwhelming. some traveled hundreds of miles to be able to give harold a funeral fit for a veteran of the second world war. back to you, kate. >> thank you so much for that. heartbreaking but heartwarming at the very same time. >>> it's money time. talk unemployment, gdp, gnp but perhaps nothing matters month are than gas prices. here's the good news, the national average of gas, the price, $3.18. according to aaa, the price is $3.18. price has been on the decline for almost a month and are now at a two-year low. the question is why. christine romans is here with the answers. great to have you. why is it low? where is it low? >> to say a national average, it's like a national temperature. there's no one national gas price all over the country, it's very differe
. >> hundreds attended the funeral of a met van they never met. 99-year-old harold jericho percival died with no friends, no family. it look like he would be buried alone and forgotten until his funeral home posted an ad in a local paper asking military personnel to attend. the ad made its way to the internet and the response was overwhelming. some traveled hundreds of miles to be able to give harold a funeral fit for a veteran of the second world war. back to you, kate. >> thank...