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After 40 years, veteran earns high school diploma
It may be 40 years late, but Kurt Wayne Johnson of Shirley finally got his high school diploma Thursday.
Under a state law known as "Operation Recognition" that allows veterans from World War II to Vietnam officially graduate if they left school early to fight for their country.
Johnson, 58, who recently retired after 35 years as a foreman supervisor with the Huntington sanitation,...
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