WWII vet receives overdue military honors
By ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: January 14, 2018
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., presented a 92-year-old World War II veteran with military honors he earned during the war but never received.
Reed said Saturday that Willard D. "Bud" Voigt now has his overdue Bronze Star, Purple Heart and other prestigious honors.
Reed presents WWII vet with overdue awards
Voigt, of Warwick, Rhode Island, grew up in Fall River, Mass., and joined the U.S. Army after graduating from high school in 1943. He served with the 90th Infantry Division in France as part of the U.S. Army's engagement of German forces.
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