CINCINNATI — Roger Bacon High School honored more than 100 local veterans during its annual Veterans Day breakfast and assembly, including a remarkable 100-year-old World War II veteran who graduated from the school in 1943.

John Nimeskern, a Navy veteran who served two-and-a-half years during World War II, was among those recognized for his service. Nimeskern remains in good spirits about his milestone birthday, saying people tell him he looks "good for 100."

"I said, 'Well I don't know about that, but I feel okay, '" Nimeskern said.

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"I was sent to Norfolk, Virginia, and got on a ship there and went through the Panama Canal and over to Pearl Harbor," Nimeskern said.

Nimeskern said he was on a ship that was

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