ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. Following an appearance in the Arlington Heights, Ill. Memorial Day Parade, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today presented a posthumous Bronze Star to the family of World War II veteran John W. Bock.
Bock was drafted into the U.S. Army during the war and attached to the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne. Bock was honorably discharged from the Army in 1946, having achieved the rank of Private First Class.…
