Homeless Veteran Was Moved Away From His Seat — The President Left the Podium to Find Him

When an old man in a threadbare coat is quietly moved away from the front row of a Presidential memorial, no one realizes he is the guest of honor. Sergeant Major Arthur Vance held a perimeter alone for over four hours in Vietnam, sustaining multiple wounds while saving eleven men. Decades later, living in a shelter in Chicago, he travels to Washington D.C. to attend the dedication of the National Medal of Honor Memorial. But when an event coordinator mistakes him for an uninvited guest and hides him behind a maintenance shed, the President of the United States halts the entire ceremony to find the hero missing from Seat 1-A. What follows is an unforgettable display of ultimate respect that brings a retired four-star general to his feet, stops a Presidential event, and reunites a father with his Marine son after twenty-two years.