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Veterans honored at the East Adams Care Center

The American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) honored two World War II veterans, two Vietnam War veterans and a veteran from the Korean War on Thursday, Oct. 22.

Dennis Greenwalt presided over the event with assistance from Mark Shepherd, American Legion Commander, and Mark Cameron, Senior Vice Commander for the VFW.

The first to be honored was Walt Winter who recently turned 93. He was a Navy Veteran and served on the USS Patrol Craft 1175 out of San Diego and also the USS Patrol Craft Escort 896 out of Seattle.

He was Fireman First Class when discharged on Sept. 26, 1946 and receive...

 

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