MCCANDLESS, Pa. — It was a long time coming, 56 years, but a local veteran finally got something he's waited decades for: his high school diploma.
"It took a long time to get here because people asked why I didn't come before, well I was too busy making a living," said James Neal. "My friend was talking about the class reunion, I said I never did that because I never graduated."
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And before that he was busy serving our country, in Vietnam in the Navy.