Photo from 2017 shows 83-year-old retired marine Sgt. William H. Cox standing guard for his buddy, Sgt. James โHollieโ Hollingsworth one last time.
The pair first met while hiding from rockets and mortars in a bunker in 1968.
In the bunker, the two men made a pact. The pact being that if they both survived the war, they would contact one another every year on New Yearโs Eve for a chat.
They continued that tradition for the next 5 decades.