WWII veteran honored posthumously in Lakewood ceremony | Col

A World War II veteran who lost his life in Normandy, France as his unit battled their way across Omaha Beach toward Germany has been posthumously awarded the Purple Heart Medal at a private ceremony in Lakewood, Colorado. 

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