Nobody can really know what he experienced.

Calypso Jones wrote:THAT is so sad.     someone should have come out and walked with him. Did they?

How old is that photo and where was it taken?  do you know?

Due to the lack of biographical information about the man depicted in the image, many viewers from different countries of The Allies misinterpreted it as representing a veteran from their respective nations, including Great Britain, Australia and the United States. On April 16th, BBC Trending[1] ran an article about the photograph titled "The mystery veteran who won the internet's heart," which identified one of the medals on his uniform as "The Order of the Patriotic War," a decoration given to those who served in the Soviet Army during World War II, citing the analysis of Dr. Igor Sutyagin, a Russian military expert at the UK's Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI).

Lummy wrote:https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1114916-last-veteran-of-wwii-battle-group-marching-alone-in-victory-day-parade
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/last-veteran-of-wwii-battle-group-marching-alone-in-victory-day-parade

Due to the lack of biographical information about the man depicted in the image, many viewers from different countries of The Allies misinterpreted it as representing a veteran from their respective nations, including Great Britain, Australia and the United States. On April 16th, BBC Trending[1] ran an article about the photograph titled "The mystery veteran who won the internet's heart," which identified one of the medals on his uniform as "The Order of the Patriotic War," a decoration given to those who served in the Soviet Army during World War II, citing the analysis of Dr. Igor Sutyagin, a Russian military expert at the UK's Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI).

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/last-veteran-of-wwii-battle-group-marching-alone-in-victory-day-parade

The picture of crying veteran on Victory Day was taken by photographer Aleksandr Petrosyan on 9 May 2007, on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, Russia. The name identity of the veteran, however, is not known, and it is also not clear whether he is the last surviving veteran of his WWII battle group. Notably, the photographer said that the veteran wasn’t marching alone or crying because of the battle memories, he was upset that he was behind the column with other veterans and could not catch up with them. In couple of other pictures shared later, you can see the veteran accepting flowers from a well-wisher and waving hand at the crowd. http://www.hoaxorfact.com/History/photograph-of-last-surviving-veteran-of-wwii-marching-alone-on-memorial-day-parade-facts.html