Operation Recognition: Vets Who Left School for D-Day Get Their Diplomas

By The 74

October 27, 2017

More than 70 years after Ruben Peters landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944, the WWII veteran has completed his last great mission: Operation Recognition. The annual event awards veterans who missed high school due to wartime service with honorary diplomas.

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