Long road for a Pearl Harbor veteran, 99, ends with citizenship oath in San Antonio
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Heinz Bachman, 99, raises his hand Thursday to take the Oath of Allegiance before Tina Almond, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in San Antonio. . A Pearl Harbor survivor, Bachman became a citizen as a child when his dad was naturalized in 1934, but needed the proof to renew his Texas driver’s license.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Linda Arce gives her neighbor, Heinz Bachman, 99, a hug after he was sworn in as a U.S. citizen at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services field office in San Antonio on Thursday. At right is her sister, Diana Flores, also Bachman's neighbor since 1961. Bachman became a citizen as a child when his dad was naturalized in 1934, but needed the proof to renew his Texas driver’s license.Lisa Krantz /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less