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Nov. 8. 2005                                                        202-225-6511

Kanjorski Presents Belated Medals to Local Vietnam Veteran

WASHINGTON - A Vietnam veteran's Veterans Day will be much more meaningful this year because he has finally received his medals for his service. Bob Moser, 55, of Lehighton, was presented five service medals by Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski (PA-11) on Sunday immediately following the Carbon County Veterans Day Parade.

Mr. Moser received the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 60s' device, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea), the Korean Defense Service Medal and all of the accompanying ribbons.

"I was proud to help Mr. Moser obtain his service medals after so many years, and I feel that it was especially important to present them to him before another Veterans Day passed. Our men and women in uniform represent America's finest, and Mr. Moser certainly deserves the recognition owed to him," Congressman Kanjorski said.

Mr. Moser joined the Navy and volunteered his service in Vietnam from August 1968 to August 1969. He performed his next two years of service on the Naval destroyer USS Walke. In 1970, he left the military and inquired about the service medals he should have gotten.

"They said they ran out," Mr. Moser said. "I lost track of it and never followed up."

Mr. Moser was diagnosed with emphysema that doctors say could have been caused by exposure to Agent Orange. On August 8, 2005, underwent a lung transplant at Temple

University Hospital and still has to wear a mask over his mouth. It was at that time, he said, that he realized the significance of his medals and wanted to make sure he received them. Mr. Moser contacted Congressman Kanjorski for help.

"It's very important because I served in the military. When you're young, you don't think about it but as you get older, you do," Mr. Moser said. "I'd like to thank Congressman Kanjorski for doing this for me. And to have it done around Veterans Day added an extra touch. It was very special."

Mr. Moser intends to pass his medals on to his grandson, Sean Robert Allen, who was born on September 27, 2005.

Joining him at the presentation were his wife of 34 years, Marilen; his daughter Kristy and his son-in-law Charles Hahn. Mr. Moser also has another daughter, Brandy, who is married to Scott Allen.  The couple resides in Virginia with their son.

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