Via Daily Mail:
A Second World War veteran who was aboard the USS Missouri during Pearl Harbor has received a very special birthday party on-board a battleship.
Ernest Thompson lives just a few miles from the Battleship Iowa Museum in Gardena, California.
The veteran can no longer visit however due to health reasons and some problems with walking.
But he made a special journey to the ship on Sunday so that staff could a throw him a large party with his closest family, friends and chief selects for his 99th birthday.