《财富》500强平民英雄大盘点

    露丝•帕里斯：甘当二战老兵“小棉袄”

    年龄：58岁

    职务：高级行政助理

    任职公司：摩根大通

    地理位置：哥伦布，俄亥俄州

    露丝•帕里斯的父亲是一位退伍老兵，曾经历过二战和朝鲜战争，但他从未讲过自己在军队中的战斗经历。1999年，父亲去世之后，她才知道父亲曾参加过诺曼底登陆。帕里斯说：“我的父亲在战场上浴血奋战过，但他却从来没有提过这些事，许多老兵从来没有讲过自己的经历。”（上图右侧为老兵杰瑞•福特）。2008年，她开始参加公益组织Honor Flight Columbus（俄亥俄州）的志愿者活动。这个组织将二战和朝鲜战争老兵，以及处于绝症晚期老兵，接到华盛顿特区，进行为期一天的观光旅游。帕里斯已经自费陪同老兵进行了超过20次飞行。她说，应该让他们知道，人民没有忘记他们，而且，“我自己也得到了一位能共度一天的爸爸。”

    Ruth Parise

    Age 58

    Occupation Executive Administrative Assistant

    Company J.P. Morgan Chase

    Location Columbus, Ohio

    Ruth Parise’s father was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War, though he never spoke about his experiences fighting in the Army. Only after his death in 1999 did she learn that he participated in D-day. “He put his life on the line, but he never talked about it, and a lot of these vets don’t talk about it,” says Parise (pictured above, left, with veteran Jerry Ford). In 2008 she started volunteering with Honor Flight Columbus[Ohio], which shuttles WWII and Korean War vets, as well as terminally ill veterans of any era, to Washington, D.C., for a day of sightseeing and touring memorials. Parise has accompanied veterans on more than 20 flights, all at her own expense. They get to feel remembered, she says, and “I get a dad for a day.”