Tony Bravo is Honored for Giving Free Haircuts to Veterans

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Tony Bravo treks from Arizona to California every month in his star spangled trailer, which is filled with veteran knick knacks and memorabilia. He calls it The Freedom Barbershop.

"My little trailer here has been parked here now for 5, 6 years," said Bravo.

The World War two veteran gives between 150-250 free haircuts every month.
At the West Los angeles Veterans Affairs Campus, Bravo was honored for his service with an American flag that flew at the largest US military airbase in Iraq. Bravo says these haircuts mean more than just a clean shave.

"The guys are broken a little bit they had courage sometime ago and they had a brain and they had a heart. But i think we're entertaining them a little bit with a haircut and making them kinda beware that they have courage," said Bravo.

Bravo whose known as The Dreamer by most, thinks his services are just him doing his part in this world.

"I think people need to know that there are a lot of good people in this world that can wanna help and do the right thing and I'm just one of them, I'm a dreamer but I'm not the only one," said Bravo.

While Bravo may think he is just another person, his newly awarded flag hangs right above his barber station, proudly reminding him of the gratitude of his fellow veterans.