A man born in 1933 who served in the United States Army just shy of two years overseas in Korea as an amphibious vehicle driver from February 1954 to January 1956 receives a fifth service medal during a ceremony conducted within the Robert “Bob” Hatley Veterans Service Center in Madisonville, Tennessee. Honorably discharged sixty seven years ago and earning a Korean Service Medal, a United Nations Service Medal, a National Defense Medal, and a Good Conduct Medal, on Wednesday May 19, 2021 Charles R. Arwood of Madisonville was named as a Republic of South Korea Ambassador for Peace by county veterans service officer Andy Boyd, pictured at the right of the photo. The Monroe County Buzz.
