98-year-old Marine veteran in hospice care finally receives his high school diploma
05/21/24 at 03:00 AM
98-year-old Marine veteran in hospice care finally receives his high school diploma
[MD] WJLA; by Jay Korff; 5/18/24
A nearly 100-year-old Marine veteran in hospice Friday was hand-delivered the high school diploma he never received. 98-year-old Richard Remp was unable to get his diploma back in the 1940s because he dropped out at age 17 to serve in World War II, then Korea, and then Vietnam. But he savored the remarkable moment Friday.