Delayed diploma: Korean War vet recognized at age 83
BUCYRUS — Lawrence R. Frank completed his education Saturday afternoon.
The 83-year-old never finished his studies at Sulphur Springs High School because he left for a two-year stint in the Korean War.
Until this weekend he had not received a diploma. His family and Colonel Crawford Schools Superintendent Todd Martin made it happen with a surprise ceremony at the home of Norma Hoover.
Frank left Crawford County in 1951 for Japan, where he worked as a machinist repairing tanks for the U.S. Army.
Upon returning home, Frank went to work for a manufacturing company. Later he was hired at the Timken Co., where he spent 36 years.
He also worked the fields, continuing to work on the family’s grain farm today.
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