WWII veteran at last receives medals
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Congressman Tom Rooney presents some long-overdue World War II medals to 91-year-old Paul Grube.
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Congressman Tom Rooney presents World War II medals to 91-year-old Paul Grube. Assisting in the pinning, while Rooney reads off the commendations, is Dana Goulet, constituent services for Rooney’s office.
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Members of the U.S. Paratroopers, Port Charlotte Chapter, opened the morning ceremonies by posting the colors at Veterans Gardens, Laishley Park, Punta Gorda.
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John Arvelo places an American flag at the head of the Memorial Brick in honor of his father, Juan Arvelo, 1st Sgt. U.S. Army, who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Arvelo took part in a memorial brick-laying ceremony at Laishley Park sponsored by the Charlotte County Veterans Council.
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The family and friends of George F. McLane, George McLane Jr. and George Livingston gather around the memorial bricks being laid by Don Ryan in the Kiwanis Veterans Garden in Punta Gorda.
PUNTA GORDA — Nearly 67 years after serving in the United States Army, World War II veteran Paul Grube finally got the recognition
he deserved.
At a Flag Day ceremony at Laishley Park on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney presented the 91-year-old Port Charlotte resident and Ohio native with four medals he had been promised nearly seven decades ago.
