Last year, when Chad Hassebroek, post commander of VFW Post 9430 in Seattle, Wash., found out that his uncle, Staff Sgt. James Lee Anderson of Pierz never received his medals for heroic and selfless conduct in the Vietnam War, Hassebroek wanted to make it happen.
“I don’t know why he didn’t get his medals. He should have gotten them long ago,” Hassebroek said.
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