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John Whipkey was one of a group of more than 80 veterans flying to Washington, D.C. to watch the changing of the guard when something unexpected happened.
According to Fox23 in Tulsa, while at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier the 89-year-old said he felt some jostling in the crowd. When he reached down to check for his wallet, he noticed it was gone.
"I kept feeling them bumping me from all sides of the crowd, and there was a line of them going behind me, and one of them going in front of me. I felt for my billfold, and it was gone, that quick," he said.
Inside his wallet were his discharge papers from the Army, his credit cards, $100 for souvenirs, his Social Security card and a hunting license. He said he has a good idea of who robbed him.
"They were teenage, look like high school kids," he said. "They acted like they didn't have any respect for anybody."
Valerie, John's daughter, said her father feels violated instead of being hailed as a hero.
"To think that someone could do that to a veteran that served our country, it made me more upset," she said.
Whipkey reported the crime to his tour guide, and the family also contacted the New Jersey Police Department and Department of Education.
