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102-year-old Navy veteran still craves hot wings, keeping 15-year Hooters birthday tradition alive

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What to know about 102-year-old Navy veteran still craves hot wings, keeping 15-year Hooters birthday tradition alive

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102-year-old Navy veteran still craves hot wings, keeping 15-year Hooters birthday tradition alive See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google At 102 years old, Glenn Ward still has a healthy appetite.

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And when his birthday rolls around, there’s one place he particularly wants to eat — Hooters.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “102-year-old Navy veteran still craves hot wings, keeping 15-year Hooters birthday tradition alive”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Glenn Ward is a 102-year-old Navy veteran who has a long-standing birthday tradition at Hooters, with one source specifically mentioning 'about 15 years' and another mentioning 'over 10 years'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wesley Carter Welker (born May 1, 1981) is an American professional football coach and former wide receiver who is the tight ends coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (N…
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Claim 2: “Ward grew up on a 6-acre farm along the Sandusky River in Ohio”
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While the provided evidence includes general information about the Sandusky River in Ohio, there is no specific corroboration in the provided evidence that Glenn Ward specifically grew up on a 6-acre farm there, other than the claim itself. The web results provided for this claim are mostly irrelevant (gaming, amusement parks, and general Ohio history).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of Ohio as a state began when the Northwest Territory was divided in 1800, and the remainder reorganized for admission to the union on March 1, 1803, as the 17th state of the United States…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of notable people born in the U.S. state of Ohio, and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word ohiːyo', meaning "good rive…
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Claim 3: “Ward served during World War II and later became a naval aviator, flying 102 combat missions during the Korean War.”
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The claim is explicitly stated in one web search result from Fox News. However, other provided results are about different people (John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Frank Wead) and do not corroborate the specific number of 102 combat missions for Glenn Ward.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Navy Cross recipients for actions of valor carried out during World War II, awarded by the United States Department of the Navy. World War II was a global military conflict, the join…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (24 October 1895 – 15 November 1947) was a U.S. Navy aviator who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. Commander Wead was a reco…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Glenn Edgar Morris (June 18, 1912 – January 31, 1974) was a U.S. track and field athlete. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1936, setting new world and Olympic records. He attended Color…
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Claim 4: “Terry Ward said about 70 people attended his father’s 100th birthday celebration in 2024”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Republic Day in Saudi Arabia, Bible verses, Hubble telescope, and unrelated Wikipedia entries). There is no evidence in the provided text regarding Terry Ward or the attendance of 70 people at a birthday celebration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Plaxico Antonio Burress (born August 12, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college footba…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Randalls Island (sometimes called Randall's Island) and Wards Island are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and Wards Island, in New York City. Part of the borough of Manhattan, it is sep…
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Claim 5: “the Arlington, Virginia, resident and U.S. Navy veteran”
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Two separate web search results explicitly identify Glenn Ward as a resident of Arlington, Virginia, and a U.S. Navy veteran.
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web search NEUTRAL — Arlington, Upshur County, West Virginia. Arlington (town), Wisconsin.Baron Arlington, a title. The Arlington, a mixed-use skyscraper in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. Arlington (restaurant), a restau…
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web search NEUTRAL — At 102 years old, Glenn Ward still has a healthy appetite. And when his birthday rolls around, there's one place he particularly wants to eat — Hooters. "We've been going there for years and years," t…
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