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Army Hero Finally Earns High School Diploma Four Decades Later

Will Maule : Jun 27, 2018  Faithwire.com

"There's no words for it. I am really excited. To see the man that raised me... He helped me with everything, now to see him go through this... It's just amazing." -Roberto Garza's son

airlift[Faithwire.com] A United States military veteran who dropped out of school in the '70s to serve his country has finally received his high school diploma. In an emotional graduation ceremony, Army veteran Roberto Garza could be seen dressed in full graduation attire, and even shed some tears of joy after receiving his long-awaited certificate. (Image source: Facebook/Military Kind Stories/via Faithwire)

Roberto's son recalled the moment that his dad revealed his desire to return to the classroom.

"One day we were at the dinner table, and he says, 'Hey son, I want to go back to school. How do I get my diploma?'" he explained in the video posted by Military Kind Stories. "And I said, 'Well, let me research it.'"

As it turns out, a section of the Texas Education Code reads, "a school district may issue a high school diploma to a person who left school ... to serve in war formally declared by the United States."

So, Roberto was in luck! He could return to his high school and realize his goal of graduating with a diploma, some 47 years after he attended...

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