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Christmas joy for old soldier who finally got his medal

Off By Sharon Black

Army veteran Joe McKenna, 72, who volunteers at the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment Lancashire Infantry Museum in Preston, left the military in 1970 just months before his Northern Ireland service medal was minted and eventually decided to track down his medal after years of attending parades where he was the only veteran not wearing one.

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Christmas joy for old soldier who finally got his medal

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