(KNZA)--U.S. Senator Jerry Moran was in Sabetha Sunday afternoon to correct a more than 70-year omission.
The Republican Senator presented a Prisoner of War medal to 90-year-old World War II veteran Harry “ Kit” Beatty during a ceremony at Apostolic Christian Retirement Village. "There is no group of people that we ought to work harder to care for, and to respect, than those who served our country. Today we pay respect to one of those who, in addition to serving our country, also was a POW during World War II, 70-years ago, all before he turned the age of 20”, Moran said.
Beatty’s wife, Mary, pinned the POW medal on her husband. Moran also presented him with an American flag.
Beatty served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1946. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 17 and entered active duty soon after turning 18.
Sunday marked his 90th birthday.
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