{"id":315979,"date":"2026-05-31T00:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315979\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T00:23:09","slug":"american-airlines-honors-100-year-old-veterans-at-texas-rangers-game-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315979\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines honors 100-year-old veterans at Texas Rangers game | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARLINGTON, Tex. \u2014 American Airlines honored three World War II veterans, each more than 100 years old, during a special recognition event at a Texas Rangers game this week as part of the company\u2019s centennial celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The veterans were recognized on the field at Globe Life Field and each took part in ceremonial first pitches before the game.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"260529-Centennial-Activation-Pic2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a1b6f873cfb0.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The centenarian veterans alongside the 2023 championship trophy.<\/p>\n<p>                                    American Airlines<\/p>\n<p>The honorees included veterans who served in multiple branches of the U.S. military during World War II, including service in the Pacific Theater.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines said the event was designed to celebrate its 100-year anniversary while also recognizing the service and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony took place in front of fans ahead of Thursday night\u2019s game in Arlington.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"260529-Centennial-Activation-Pic1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a1b6f877edc0.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The centenarian veterans throw the ceremonial first pitch.<\/p>\n<p>                                    American Airlines<\/p>\n<p>Company officials say honoring veterans is a key part of the airline\u2019s anniversary events throughout the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Tex. \u2014 American Airlines honored three World War II veterans, each more than 100 years old, during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[25915,737,113554,150,152,151,113557,113558,113556,6877,3313,113555,429,113560,113559,464],"class_list":["post-315979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-airline","tag-american-airlines","tag-american-frontier","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-brian-leetch","tag-lone-star-series","tag-rangers-f-c","tag-texas-department-of-public-safety","tag-texas-military-department","tag-texas-ranger-division","tag-texas-rangers","tag-the-airlines-anniversary","tag-u-s-military","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}