Showing posts with label veteran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veteran. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Monday, November 5, 2012
43 years later, old telegram yields medal
When Larry Stanczyk received a minor shrapnel injury in Vietnam in 1969, little did he suspect it would take him 43 years to heal completely.
Stanczyk, 64, will officially receive a Purple Heart in a Veterans Day ceremony Friday morning in the Capitol rotunda.
The ceremony will mark a day Stanczyk never thought he’d see. But it’s come to pass due in large part to his desire to leave something memorable for his granddaughter, combined with a dash of serendipity and a pinch of persistence.
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