High School Students Throw 100-Year-Old Veteran a Prom After He Missed His for WWII

Illinois resident Ray Svejnoha never thought much about missing his high school prom, what with the distractions the U.S. Army Air Force offered during World War II.

But 82 years later, students and staff at Metea Valley High School in Aurora, Illinois, made it all up to him, according to ABC News.

Carey Peterson, an adviser for the school’s Tech Connect club, worked with a group of six students to ensure Svejnoha made it to this year’s prom.

The students started with a “promposal,” comprised of red, white, and blue balloons; American flags; and a poster saying, “82 years late, but right on time.”

“I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this, and I love you all,” Svejnoha told prom-goers at the event.

Svejnoha, 100, said that choices were different in 1944, according to Naperville Community Television.

“During my younger age, I had a choice of going into the service.