Three World War II veterans were honored Wednesday night in Haddonfield, New Jersey, through multi-generational presentations.

As part of "Haddonfield Salutes a Century of Service," students from Haddonfield Memorial High School interviewed the veterans, documented their stories, and presented them to the community inside the First Baptist Church of Haddonfield. The students say they each spent about 10 hours on their projects.

The event is part of Community Conversations, a new initiative by American Legion Post 38 designed to preserve veterans' stories while they can still be told firsthand.

One of those stories belonged to Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Reilly, 99, who spent decades telling his own history; this time, however, he listened as student Johanna Richards shared it back to him.

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