HOUSTON, Texas -- Former Navy Fighter Pilot Eugene Loveland said he feels pretty good. He always feels pretty good. The 105-year-old World War II veteran is living life to the fullest.

"It's a good life and I like people," Gene said with a smile.

Gene was born in Anderson, Indiana, on September 11, 1920. He grew up in both the U.S. and Europe. An only child, his dad worked for General Motors, so Gene got to see the world. Even more so after December 7, 1941.

Gene remembers the day, "We were in the fraternity house and the President came on, I immediately went into the Navy."

Navy Fighter Pilots were in need, so Gene would learn to fly, first bombers, then the F6F Hellcat. Loveland, the Maverick of his squad, was a natural.

"I didn't think much about it, you're giving a job and you do

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