President Obama Greets World War II Vet After Touching Down in San Diego

The president is in town for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dinner

World War II veteran Silas Gross had a little fun with the President. โ€œI said โ€˜We meet again.โ€™ He smiled and laughed,โ€ Gross said of their brief meeting. Gross met the president once before in 2010.

"He was reminiscing with him,โ€ Grossโ€™ daughter Dorothy McCray told NBC 7.  He said to my dad it was good to see him again." "it was exciting, exciting! I was like, 'Mr. President!" she said trying to contain her excitement. 

An eager crowd filled with members of the military and their families anxiously awaited President Obama to touch down at Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, hoping for a moment to greet the Commander in Chief. NBC 7 asked a young boy, "what if he comes over, what are you going to do?โ€ He replied with a smile, โ€œshake his hand." Air Force One touched down right at 7:00 p.m. Sunday. A cheer and applause as President Obama stepped out.

The president greeted other guests on the tarmac including several Marines, generals and Rep. Scott Peters.

The president was then off to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee dinner at the home of Christine Forester, an architect who specializes in hospital design and is a regular fundraiser for President Obama.

The president's last trip to San Diego County was last October, when he spent just over two days in Rancho Santa Fe and played a couple of rounds of golf.

This will most likely be his last trip to San Diego as president โ€“ something not lost on Gross.

"Thatโ€™s history, history in the making," he said. 

Monday morning, President Obama will be deliver remarks at the Hillary Victory Fund reception, a private fundraiser at a residence in La Jolla. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will be attending the event.

He is scheduled to leave San Diego around 1 p.m. Monday. 

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