Carter and Robert Harding , who live in Raleigh , North Carolina , met their hero on the Yorktown - a retired carrier in Charleston , South Carolina . Jack Hanson traveled to meet the boys from his home in Oklahoma after spending months exchanging daily emails . Mr Harding served as an aircraft handler on the Yorktown during the Second World War .
Carter and Jack Hanson , who live in Raleigh , North Carolina , met their hero on the Yorktown - a retired carrier in Charleston , South Carolina . Robert Harding traveled to meet the boys from his home in Oklahoma after spending months exchanging daily emails . Mr Harding served as an aircraft handler on the Yorktown during the Second World War .