article_snippet.sent: Carter and Jack Hanson, who live in Raleigh, North CarolinaRaleigh, North CarolinaNorth Carolina, met their hero on the Yorktown - a retired carrier in Charleston, where Robert Harding served as an aircraft handler decades before, CBS reported.
article_snippet.sent: World War II veteran Bob Harding, of Oklahoma, began exchanging emails with Carter and Jack Hanson of Raleigh, North Carolina about a year ago.
article_snippet.sent: World War II veteran Bob Harding, of Oklahoma recently had the chance to meet each other on board the the Yorktown aircraft carrier where he once served .
article_snippet.sent: Robert Harding (pictured) served as an aircraft handler on the warship many decades before Robert Harding young friends were born .
article_snippet.sent: the boys hearing first-hand told CBS in an interview that meeting Mr Harding, who lives in Oklahoma, has changed The three friends lives.
article_snippet.sent: And getting first-person history lessons hasn't only been good for the twins, first-person history lessons appeared Robert Harding had been looking for someone to share Robert Harding stories with.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Harding told CBS: 'I guess I needed somebody to talk to about it.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Harding, 89, said that meeting the boys has been great for Robert Harding as Robert Harding has not shared a lot of stories from the wartime .
highlights_snippet.sent: Carter and Jack Hanson, who live in Raleigh, North Carolina, met Carter and Jack Hanson, who live in Raleigh, North Carolina hero on the Yorktown - a retired carrier in Charleston, South Carolina .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Robert Harding traveled to meet the boys from Robert Harding home in Oklahoma after spending months exchanging daily emails .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Robert Harding served as an aircraft handler on the Yorktown during the Second World War .