An emotional family moment was caught on camera in a new video showing the precious moment when a 101-year-old World War II veteran met his newborn great-great-grandchild for the first time.
Dewey Muirhead lives in Oklahoma and recently met great-great-granddaughter Baby Millie, who lives in a nearby town. Muirhead is seen with a blindfold on in the video as Millie’s mother brings the newborn baby girl to meet him. When the blindfold is removed, he leans over to kiss her.
“Sweety, what you doing? You’ve got that kiss all waiting … My goodness. Oh, isn’t she pretty?” he says in the video, which was shared by Lexie Fowler and Jessie Newell.
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The emotional moment was all caught on camera as Muirhead comforted the newborn, telling her not to cry and assuring her that she was okay as generations of family members gathered around. “Oh baby,” he says. “You’re alright now. … Oh no, don’t you cry.”
It was a meeting eight decades in the making. Muirhead was married to his wife Inez for 79 years until her death in December of 2021 at the age of 98. The same year they married, Muirhead shipped out to serve in the Army Air Corps. Inez ran beside the tracks calling his name as the troop train rolled out. They both knew he was headed into combat. While in Germany, he met Clark Gable, who was a co-pilot on a B-17 Flying Fortress. Muirhead recalled him as a “soft-spoken, kind, and a very nice man.”
After his return to the States and the end of the war, the couple welcomed two children and became grandparents to four and then eventually great-grandparents to ten. Almost two years following Inez’s death, Muirhead was able to meet their first great-great-grandchild, little Millie.
The sweet video highlights the joy that each new child brings to their families and communities and shows a special and unique moment, as not everyone gets to meet their great-great-grandchild.
