Pierre Oury

In February, United Airlines pilot and U.S. Air Force veteran Pierre Oury (AeroEngr’89) led an initiative to help two World War II veterans, 101-year-old John Hodges and 99-year-old Arthur Grabiner, return to the Philippines for WWII recognition ceremonies. Pierre was inspired while accompanying veterans to the 80th D-Day ceremonies last June and realized that no one was sponsoring veterans to attend the ceremonies in the Philippines. It was John and Arthur’s first visits to the Philippines since the war 80 years ago.