North Texans rallying around 101-year-old WWII veteran

Homer Cox is and always will be a fighter.

A broken hip recently landed him at the Willow Park Rehab Center, west of Fort Worth.

The work he's putting in so he can walk again is a small obstacle compared to fighting the Nazis.

"Our division landed on Omaha Beach on D plus one 1941," said Cox.

Cox marched across Europe, fighting in the long, bloody Battle of the Bulge.

Some things he'll never forget.

"I had frozen feet there for a while," said Cox.

There are other things he wishes he could forget.

"I can't explain what it means to me. It's something I wouldn't care to do over again," said Cox.

While his hip recovers, Cox has the company of friends and Roll Call, a group that serves and honors veterans.

One of Cox's friends is 96-year-old Richard Stanley who got the nickname "TEX" from General Patton. 

Bob Sparenberg has also developed a friendship with Cox.

He was a child in Belgium when American Soldiers liberated his country.

"To me it's a wonderful thing because I wouldn't be here and many of us from Europe enjoying this great country wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the sacrifice that these men made," said Sparenberg.

Kelli Martin with Roll Call says they plan to be there for Cox as he recovers and eventually heads home.

She says some people you simply can't forget.

"When I feel like giving up, I think of him. I tell myself don't be a coward, be tough, be tougher like Mr. Cox," said Martin.