100-year-old Stony Creek World War II veteran looks back after 80th anniversary of war's end

100-year-old Stony Creek World War II veteran looks back after 80th anniversary of war's end

STONY CREEK, Va. For a Sussex County farm boy used to doing his part, being drafted in 1943 was not something to make a fuss about."Everything was a new experience," said David Poole. "Nobody was all 'poor me,' and none of that kind of stuff. We were all eager."The Army trained 18-year-old Poole as an airplane mechanic. He soon found himself on the cusp of history."We moved from England to Europe as the war progressed and we kept moving," Poole …