[aculeus]

Shlema Livshits, who fought in Russia's Civil War and World War II, taking the oath of allegiance at a Knoxville, Tennessee, hospital.

[aculeus]

Great photo ping.

[Paul Atreides]

Now that we have him, can we send some a bunch of our home-grown America-haters to Russia? I think that is a fair trade.

[KantianBurke]

Wow! Now that he's a citizen he might want to consider changing a few letters from his last name :>

[LibKill]

He's old, but he's good!

[NittanyLion]

Presumably he was born in 1899. Just think what events he's seen in his lifetime! From the Czars through Lenin, Stalin, Kruschev, Gorbachev. From no human flight to landing on the moon and flying stealth bombers. Just amazing...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

My family left Russia in 1912....it took my Grandfather 10 years to be granted citizenship - his original paperwork notes 1918 and he became a citizen in 1928.

Since I grew up with a Russian last name, I got pretty tired of hearing ignorant kids in Texas call me a communist.

[Tennessee_Bob]

Proud to call him a Tennesseean as well.

[ShadowDancer]

I would give an awful lot to have a conversation with that man about his life.

[tomahawk]

I live in Knoxville. This a great story!

[dr_who_2]

Good to hear. I wonder if they'll change their name though.

[Ciexyz]

The family came here legally. That's good enough for me.

[Lazamataz]

104-year-old Russian immigrant realized a dream by becoming a U.S. citizen

Enjoy the next few months!