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US Navy Vet From Bergen County Receives World War II Medals 70 Years Later US Navy Vet From Bergen County Receives World War II Medals 70 Years Later
US Navy Vet From Bergen County Receives World War II Medals 70 Years Later More than seven decades after he served in World War II, a 92-year-old Bergen County native who served as a local police chief for 23 years received the medals he earned for his service in Okinawa. Thomas Simpson received his medals Monday at the Sunrise of Old Tappan assisted living facility – where lives with his wife of 70 years, Dorothy -- from U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer. There was the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the Honorable Reserve Discharge Button and the Ruptured Duck Honorable Service Lapel Pin. The Congressman also …

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by Jerry DeMarco