A local Vietnam War veteran finally received his high school diploma 60 years later.
MILFORD, Ohio - He got his GED but said it wasn’t the same.
"This certified that Woodrow Curtis McQuitty has completed the program of study prescribed for graduation from this school and is therefore awarded this diploma given this day," said McQuitty while reading his diploma.Instead, he said he had a responsibility to fight for his country. He worked on the US Grand Canyon, was on the naval base in Kenitra, Morocco and served other places too.McQuitty said he thought the time to get his diploma had passed."I took the GED test and I passed of course. So the officer in charge of that got ahold of Milford High School. They don't accept them so he referred me to the state of Rhode Island in which I got a diploma," said McQuitty.
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