Richard Overton, America’s oldest World War II veteran and the oldest man in the United States, died Thursday afternoon at the age of 112.

　　美国最长寿的二战老兵，同时也是美国最长寿的老人理查德.奥弗顿于周四下午去世，享年112岁。

　　The death was confirmed to CNN by Shirley Overton, a family member.

　　死者家属雪莉.奥弗顿向美国有线电视新闻网证实了这一消息。

　　Overton would have been 113 on May 11, 2019.

　　2019年5月11日本将是奥弗顿113岁生日，但是他没等到这一天的来临。

　　The veteran had been hospitalized with pneumonia, his family said.

　　他的家人说，这名退伍军人因肺炎住院。

　　Overton volunteered for the Army starting in 1942 and served with the 188th Aviation Engineer Battalion, an all-black unit that served on various islands in the Pacific.

　　奥弗顿于1942年自愿报名参加美国陆军，在第188工程航空营服役，这是一个全部是黑人的部队，转战于太平洋的各个岛屿。

　　He was there at Pearl Harbor when the battleships were still smoldering. He was there at Okinawa. He was there at Iwo Jima, where he said. ’I only got out of there by the grace of God,’ former President Barack Obama said while honoring Overton at a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in 2013.

　　2013年，美国前总统巴拉克.奥巴马在阿灵顿国家公墓举行的退伍军人节仪式上说到：“当战舰战斗时，奥弗顿就在珍珠港。他征战过冲绳岛和硫磺岛，他说自己是在上帝的保佑下活着离开那里的。”