SAN ANTONIO – In 2024, more than 35,000 American men are predicted to die from prostate cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.

That’s why a veteran from San Antonio is using his voice, one he’s grateful to have.

“I joined the Air Force in 1964. They put me into the flight medicine program,” said retired Sergeant Frederick Douglis “Doug” Stordy.

Stordy stayed on for 30 years during Vietnam, working with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and on the medical reception team for 18 space shuttle landings at Edwards Air Force Base.

In retirement, Stordy stayed active.

“Walking the dogs, stay connected. I’m trying to hold on to my youth,” Stordy laughed.

Stordy kept that spritely disposition even when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2020.