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POW receives medal seven decades later

Former U.S. Army Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth E. Youst, age 92, from Pottsville Pa., converses with Air Force Col. James C. Hodges, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and 87th Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Robinson, 87th Air Base Wing command chief, during his Prisoner of War Medal presentation Jan. 27, 2014, at the Schuylkill Center Nursing Home, Pottsville, Pa. The POW medal was presented to Youst seven-decades later after his internment during World War II. Youst is one of 11 surviving Airmen interned at Camp Wauwilermoos. (U.S. Air Force photo by Pascual Flores/Released)

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