MILLSTADT, Ill. (AP) — An 82-year-old Illinois man who gave blood for the first time in the 1950s to help the war effort has hit the 30-gallon mark for donations. The Belleville News-Democrat reports Marvin Skaer gave blood for the 240th time on Thursday at a Red Cross blood drive in Millstadt, near St. Louis. Afterward, Red Cross volunteers gave him a cap and pin to commemorate the milestone. Skaer says he does it because “It’s the right thing to do.”