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Longmont Vets Get Diplomas
By
Amy Bounds and Maria Sanchez-Traynor
Camera Staff Writers
http://web.dailycamera.com/news/schools/02agrad.html
June 2, 2002
LONGMONT — While 349 Longmont High School graduates looked toward their
future Saturday, six World War II veterans took the opportunity to look
back and receive their diplomas.
Veterans statewide became high school graduates this year through
Operation Recognition, a program that grants high school diplomas to those
who served in the armed forces but didn't finish high school before they
went to war.
"They were students much like the graduates here," said Longmont High
Principal Mary White. "One day, they were carrying textbooks. The next
day, they were carrying weapons."
The veterans, who received a standing ovation, are Milton Hamann, Alfred
Henderson, Walter Krueger, Jerome Loeffler, Jack Spruiell and Tommy
Stevens. They joined about 1,500 Boulder Valley and 700 St. Vrain Valley
high school seniors who donned caps and gowns for their graduation
ceremonies Saturday.
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