Two World War II veterans were honored in Manassas on Saturday afternoon.
Baxter Farthing and Stanley Levy, who both served in the United States Navy, received commemorative coins at Paramount Assisted Living.
Former Virginia delegate Rich Anderson presented the coins on behalf of M. Kirkland Cox, who’s the house speaker and chair of the Virginia WWI-WWII Commemorative Commission.
Anderson was a member of the group, which created the coins. He presented one to Ernest Merle Hancock in December.
“The purpose of the commission is to perpetuate the memory and honor individuals who wore the uniform of our country during the two world wars,” he said.
Farthing, who’s 92, served in the later years of World War II. After he finished his training, he was placed on a troopship and transported to Hawaii.
Levy is a 95-year-old former aircraft maintainer who was stationed in the Philippines.
“What both of you gentleman now have in your possession is merely a piece of metal and paint,” Anderson said. “What you really have — which is more valuable — is the esteem, respect, appreciation and affection of every man and woman here today throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.”
