LAKEPORT, Calif. – A Vietnam veteran will receive his long overdue high school diploma during a special event next week.
John Goulart, who served our country from 1972 to 1978, will receive his diploma from the Lake County Office of Education during a ceremony beginning at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, in the Kesey Room at the Lake County Office of Education, 1152 S. Main St. in Lakeport.
Certificates of appreciation also will be presented to Goulart by representatives of Congressman Mike Thompson, state Sen. Mike McGuire and Assemblyman Bill Dodd.
The ceremony honoring Goulart is open to the public.
Through Operation Recognition, a project of Lake County Office of Education, high school diplomas are awarded to qualifying individuals whose secondary education was interrupted due to circumstances of service in the U.S. military or who were interned in World War II relocation centers for Japanese Americans.
Many people in local communities were unable to graduate with their high school class due to military service in World War II (Dec. 7, 1941-Dec. 31, 1946), the Korean War (June 25, 1950-Jan. 31, 1955) or the Vietnam War (Feb. 28, 1961-May 7, 1975).
For more information about the program, visit the Lake County Office of Education Web site at http://www.lakecoe.org/news/details/operation_recognition1 or contact the Human Resources department at 707-262-4151.
Vietnam veteran to receive high school diploma in June 22 ceremony
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