Fayette County WWII Veteran Gets Knighted
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By: KDKA-TV News Staff
UNIONTOWN (KDKA) - France's highest military and civilian order has been bestowed upon a veteran right here in western Pennsylvania.
William Rostich of Footedale has officially been named a knight.
Rostich, a 97-year-old World War II veteran, received the medal earlier this year in a ceremony in Uniontown.
The medal recognizes what Rostich went through during the Invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
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