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LI World War II veteran awarded federal grant
Until a year ago, Arnold Bocksel, a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II who survived the infamous Bataan Death March, could get around on his own.
The longtime Syosset resident, a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient, often shared his wartime experience in talks at more than 50 high schools around Long Island and the New York metro area and even wrote a book about it.
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