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WW II Vet Gets Medals This Week

A 91-year-old veteran of World War II has received his medals. Melvin Dull received the decorations - including a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and POW medal - on Thursday. Dull's records had been lost in a fire, preventing him from receiving the medals earlier. Dull served in the U.S. Army in 1945, most of the time in Germany's Black Forest. He was captured in May 1945.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.