REP. HALL PRESENTS 83 YEAR OLD WWII VETERAN WITH LONG-DELAYED SERVICE MEDALS
October 14, 2008
October 14, 2008
PORT JERVIS, N.Y., Oct. 14 -- Rep. John Hall, D-N.Y. (19th CD), has issued the following news release:
Today U.S. Rep. John Hall (D-NY19) presented 83 year old World War II veteran Harry Oppelt with a number of service medals that have been delayed since the end of his military service in World War II. Although he applied for his medals immediately after the war, and then again a few years later, it was not until Mr. Oppelt's friends from the Port Jervis Veterans of Foreign W . . .
Today U.S. Rep. John Hall (D-NY19) presented 83 year old World War II veteran Harry Oppelt with a number of service medals that have been delayed since the end of his military service in World War II. Although he applied for his medals immediately after the war, and then again a few years later, it was not until Mr. Oppelt's friends from the Port Jervis Veterans of Foreign W . . .