WEBVTT VETERAN. ANTHONY BASILE OF WATERTOWN WAS GIVEN THE LEGION OF HONOR AWARD. NEWSCENTER 5'S NICOLE ESTAPHAN WAS AT THE EMOTIONAL CEREMONY. VETERAN. >> 1941. REPORTER: MORE THAN 7 DECADES SEPARATE 97-YEAR-OLD ANTHONY BASILE FROM HIS MILITARY SERVICE. THOUGH, SOME DAYS HE SAYS IT FEEL LIKE MINUTES. >> IT IS SOMETHING YOU CAN'T CONTROL, MEMORIES, THEY ARE ALL MEMORIES NOW . REPORTER: THE WATERTOWN VETERAN A YOUNG SOLDIER IN 1944, WAS LAYING COMMUNICATION WIRES I METZ, FRANCE WHEN HE WAS INJURED IN A FIERCE BATTLE WITH ENEMY TROOPS. >> WE WILL NEVER FORGET WHAT YOU DID TO RESTORE OUR FREEDOM. REPORTER: TUESDAY THE VETERAN WAS PENNED WITH THE LEGION OF HONOR. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. REPORTER: TEARS FLOW EASY IN THESE MOMENTS FOR BASILE. >> I ACCEPT THEM ALL BUT NOT FOR MYSELF BUT FOR THE OTHERS, . SOMETIMES THESE LITTLE THINGS BOTHER YOU LATER ON YOU WONDER WHERE THE ONES YOU WERE WITH ARE NOW. SOME ARE NOT WITH US. MANY ARE NOT WITH US. REPORTER: BASILE FACE TELLS THE STORY OF THOSE BROTHERS HE LOST. >> ALWAYS.