NC World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday [Video]

MOUNT GILEAD, N.C. — Mount Gilead, North Carolina, is a small town at the foot of the Uwharrie Mountains. Among its population of less than 1,200 is a remarkable man who looks to be no more than 80 and moves around like much younger people. 

But this man, Bob Lowdermilk, isn’t 80. He’s 100 years old, or in this case, 100 years young. 

Lowdermilk was born in Mount Gilead in the same home where he lives today on March 28, 1924. There’s really nothing he can’t handle, either. He lives alone, drives everywhere, has a big garden and it’s physically fit.

He graduated from high school and enrolled at North Carolina State when he was 17. While studying, World War II began and when …