Ormond Beach resident Alvin Sonny Plotkin recently celebrated his 100th birthday.
Born on Oct. 12, 1924, Plotkin is a World War II veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy. He earned a Purple Heart, as well as seven air medals and a unit citation for his service.
Plotkin celebrated his birthday with all of his living relatives on Sunday, Oct. 13, and the Ormond Beach Fire Department dropped by for a visit.
“He sat at a bridge table in the garage, to receive his guests, then we had food and cake in the house,” said his son-in-law Ira Freedman in an email to the Observer. “It was the best two hours he’s had since his wife passed nine years ago.”
Plotkin is originally from Richmond, Virginia. Throughout his life, he lived in Las Vegas, Nevada at least four times, and then moved to Clermont, Florida, in the 1970s.Â
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