ninety-nine years old edward mahoney has seen a lot in his lifetime.get his time as a corporal in iwo jima during world war ii. and the fellow soldiers turned friends he lost in battle. breonna from fox 13 tampa bay has the story. >> edward mahoney or ed to his friends will tell you straight up his 9010 years of life are pretty chill these days. >> i follow the stock market. every day i watch it in there. and that's about the only thing i care to do. i don't have nothing else to do. do work in the yard. i work in the yard is much as i can. >> 's days were very different. ed was known as corporal monique serving in the third marine division ninth regiment in iwo jima during world war ii. >> i was at the weapons company. when we made our landing on iwo jima the first day is on 37-millimeter tank gun. we put it over on the side there and we went in the infantry in their progress the battle of iwo jima off the coast of japan was a major one in the war. when the enemy moved into view. >> i had my gun in there so i fired it. i do not know what happened to th