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.10 ways to honor veterans beyond Veterans Day Shaw put on a red cap and gown over his military uniform to receive the diploma in the school's gym."It's a thrill," he told CNN affiliate KJRH.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.
"And I didn't want to tell anybody. A good Marine doesn't get shot in the back."Shaw told the station that he lived a dull life after the war. He worked in a lumber mill for 30 years and then went into business with his son.A 97-year-old vet jumped out of a plane to recreate his D-Day parachute drop"The sacrifices they made are real," Claremore Public Schools Superintendent Bryan Frazier told KJRH.
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