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VIDEO: 92-Year-Old Marine Honored on Memorial Day
Rochester Hills resident Leon Gorsline is inducted into the Berkley-based Cpl. Stanley L. Moore Detachment of the Marine Corps League.
Nearly 70 years after , 92-year-old Leon Gorsline, while proudly wearing his favorite Marine Corps baseball cap, was inducted into the Berkley-based Cpl. Stanley L. Moore Detachment of the Marine Corps League on Monday afternoon.
The brief ceremony at the , where Gorsline resides, immediately followed the City of Troy Memorial Day Ceremony, during which several members of the League .
The League waived the normal membership dues for Gorsline, who received a Purple Heart after he was shot in Peliliu. Gorsline was one of only six Marines from his platoon to survive six months in Guadalcanal.
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"Leon is the epitome of the Marine Corps," said Tim McGee, a Troy resident and Marine Corps League Jr. Vice Commandant. "Once a Marine, always a Marine. We don't forget them."
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