. >> reporter: ben married his wife, mary teresa on june 21, 1952. >> she was visiting me at boot camp couldn't keep your hands off of me teresa. >> the service life is a different whole life and it is -- it makes you appreciate your husband because he is serving our country. >> reporter: they may be retired, they are still proudly serving their customers. in aberdeen abc2news. >>> we are asking you to send us photographs in the veterans in your life under our featured story section on abc2news.com. we have a link about the veterans, and e-mail them to our or share them on facebook. thanks to everyone that shared a photo and we have a photo we want to show you have a soldier we have come to know and love. somebody told us we would have a photo but you are here to talk about the weather. >> long ago and far away, josie. technically a sailor. it seems like a different lifetime. >> you look about 12. >> closer to 18 and quite a few years back. fresh out of boot camp. >> i like it. now, tell us the fresh young forecast. >> we will do that. hello to all of the vets. i think of my dad and gr

mary kay and i truly consider you one of my best friends. you and your family are always in my prayers. always, teresahis has been a really difficult month, really difficult month. i'm so used to celebrating my birthday, i call it my birthday month. yeah. i would start with, you know, dinner dates with my girlfriends, taking the kids out for crepes and ice cream, just like last year, you know, this year's different. for the rest of my life, i don't ever want to celebrate my birthday again. i've told everyone that. because they were planning on something but i said, no, i don't want to. it's not that important any more to me. it's just getting older. >>> coming up -- >> becky didn't have that spirit. she didn't have a take care of numero uno mentality. she had never leave a fallen comrade, even if it cost you your life, which it did. >> clarence butterfield has an emotional moment and mary kay concepcion writes to her deceased son. >> the last time i talked to him and said good night, i never said good-bye to yesterday's long past. i would have marked the moments if i had known they were your last. to