An 83-year-old Army veteran was honored Thursday with several long-overdue service medals that he earned during World War II but had never received. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Maj. Gen. Bill Libby, head of the Maine Army National Guard, presented the medals to Henry Morrill at the Somerset Rehabilitation and Living Center in Bingham, where Morrill lives. Morrill earned six service medals during his time in the Pacific Theater with the 353rd Engineer Construction Battalion. He also was given a U.S. flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in Washington in his honor.

 


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