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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Celebration of Life for a Vietnam Veteran who served with Oliver Stone

Celebration of Life for a Vietnam Veteran
May 11, 2012
by Michelle Rotella

One of the men in Hemphill’s platoon in Vietnam, was Oliver Stone, the man who later directed the movie “Platoon.”

Friends and family came together Friday to celebrate the life of a well-known Vietnam veteran Friday in Lackawanna County.

There were tears of joy, sadness and love as friends and family came together at Saint Eulalia’s Church near Elmhurst. They came to celebrate the life of a decorated war hero who died in a fire last month.

The fire at his home on Freytown Road near Moscow, took the life of 69 year old Robert Hemphill.

A friend of Hemphill’s wife said he will never be forgotten.

“He was such a wonderful man he gave so much of himself to this country and such a servant of the United States, and he did such a good job in that role and in the community, he’s done so many things,” said Anne Domin from Elmhurst.

VFW Commander Russell Canevari of Jessup said it’s a special bond that veterans have that brought him out to remember and celebrate Hemphill’s life.
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