“A 95-year-old World War II veteran got his high school diploma more than 70 years after he left school and joined the Marines.”
“Cpl. Lewie Shaw was awarded the diploma on Thursday during a
Veterans Day ceremony at Claremore High School in Oklahoma.”
“Shaw was orphaned at 12, dropped out of high school at 17 and worked as a school bus driver and a janitor before joining the Marines in 1943, the station reported.”
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