Easton Man Gets Fallen Brother's Medals

Sgt. Vincent Romeo died during the Korean War. Nearly 62 years later, his brother received his medals.

Growing up, there was only a year separating Easton brothers Nick and Vincenzo Romeo. But since 1950, the gulf between them has been much deeper, and horribly eternal. That was the year Vincenzo -- a U.S. Army soldier -- was captured, and later died, while fighting in the Korean War. Sixty-two years later, Nick Romeo found a way to honor his older brother, requesting the medals he had earned during his service. On Thursday, a veterans group called American Ex-Prisoners of War presented Romeo with those medals during a brief, quiet ceremony in Centre Square. "Sad and happy," is how Romeo described his feelings after getting the medals, mounted and framed. Those medals include a Purple Heart, a POW medal, a Good Conduct medal, National …

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