'An absolute miracle': Area WWII veteran receives Purple Hea

On Tuesday morning, Harvey Drahos got the news he's waited almost eight decades for.

In 1945, the now-100-year-old veteran was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa, suffering shrapnel wounds to his …

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