Pa. man gets Bronze Star, diploma 70 years on
By Bruce Siwy - (Somerset, Pa.) Daily American via AP
Posted : Friday Jan 27, 2012 16:18:21 EST
SOMERSET, Pa. — He was 19 years old, fighting Nazis on the shores of Normandy instead of fighting off sleep in an introductory college course.
Alfred V. Domineck was just 17 when he dropped out of the Conemaugh Township Area School District because his parents wouldn’t allow him to play football. He was drafted into military service soon after.
And on Thursday he was welcomed to an emotional and unexpected salute from his community and friends.
“This is something I didn’t expect,” Domineck told the crowd after receiving not only an honorary high school diploma but the Bronze Star. “I got some things that I really enjoy.”
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