Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/at-age-112-montana-resident-reflects-on-more-than-a-century-of-changes Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Born in 1896, Walter Breuning of Great Falls, Mont., is the oldest living man in the United States. Breuning discusses his lifetime spent working for the railroads and the changes he has witnessed. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JUDY WOODRUFF: Walter Breuning was born in 1896. In his lifetime, there have been 21 presidents and economic good times and bad. He spent 50 years working for the railroads, from 1913 to 1963. He now lives in a retirement community in Great Falls, Montana, where he recently talked to William Marcus of Montana Public Television about the many changes he's witnessed in his lifetime. Here's an excerpt from a conversation with Walter. WILLIAM MARCUS: So you've made it to 112 years. What is — if somebody asked you, what's your secret?WALTER BREUNING, Oldest Living Man in the United States: That question comes up all the time. "How do you know you're going to live that long?" How does anybody know they're going to live the next day? You don't know. Nothing's certain in this life. And that's why I like changes, changes, all for the best. WILLIAM MARCUS: So everyday in the radio, in the news, you hear about change that happens in our country. WALTER BREUNING: Oh, yes.