Viral 102-year-old WWII veteran has message about America: 'How lucky we all are'

A World War II veteran who is 102 years old has become a viral sensation on TikTok, sharing his experiences of wartime stories.

Larson of Lafayette, California, fought in six battles during World War II while storming Omaha Beach on D-Day and then in the Battle of the Bulge.

He was 18 years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Larson joked that he "didn't even know Pearl Harbor existed."

"I just came from the infantry. I got in on the planning of D-Day. Not only did I get in on the planning of D-Day ... I landed on Omaha Beach and that night I was put in charge of Omaha Beach," he said. 

Larson said he was assigned to the night shift for the G3 - and continued this duty through the Battle of the Bulge. 

"I've drawn eight rounds, and I'm holding that up over my head, so I wouldn't get the ammunition wet," he said.

"But I was more afraid of the small arms fire we were receiving from the shore."

He added, "They're shooting at you from the shore, you're walking over landmines. This is unbelievable."

He added, "The most unbelievable part of it is I came to six of those events without a scratch."

"Their souls are looking down on me now. Every time I talk, I like to remind people that those guys upstairs, looking down at us, they're the heroes," he told Fox News Digital. "I'm just in there doing the job."

"I don't think any of us ever thought we'd be heroes. We didn't go over there to be heroes. We went over to kick Hitler's [butt] out of Europe."

He added, "And we did it. We did it!"