One-hundred-year-old World War II U.S. Army veteran Mike Stafford, right, looks over a photo album with 89-year-old WWII U.S. Navy veteran Warren Cain on Tuesday at the Missouri Veterans Home in Cape Girardeau. Cain and Stafford met for the first time Tuesday morning. Stafford served in Gen. Douglas MacArthur's motor pool during WWII, and Cain served on the USS Fitch and the USS Keokuk.
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