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WWII vet Herbert DeGiovine awarded high school diploma

World War II veteran Herbert DeGiovine left school in his teens to help support his family and ended up in the Army, where he served as a driver to Gen. Douglas MacArthur and future President Dwight Eisenhower.

Saturday, four generations of his family watched as the Queens resident, who turns 93 Monday, was awarded a high school diploma at William Floyd High School in Mastic Beach - the same...

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