SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - If you’ve been to the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, you may have seen veterans working behind the scenes.

One of those veterans is Retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Samuel L. Currie, whose love of flying, history, and service are some of the many reasons he’s this year’s Veteran of the Year.

Even though Currie has spent half of his life in an airplane, he still lights up as he takes us through the restored Spirit of Savannah, B-17 bomber in the Mighty Eighth.

He tells us that flying and fighting in WWII was tough, “They were smart, they were smart back then.”

He’s referring to the small window of accuracy shooting out of the bomber. He was the project manager.

“It’s pretty, it really is, and my first job was to finish out the flight deck and that was fun

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