AP Exclusive: Navy clears gay WWII vet's record

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AP Exclusive: Navy clears gay WWII vet's record

AP Exclusive: Navy clears gay WWII vet's record

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Nearly 70 years after expelling Melvin Dwork for being gay, the Navy is changing his discharge from "undesirable" to "honorable" - marking what is believed to be the first time the Pentagon has taken such a step on behalf of a World War II veteran since the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."

The Navy notified the 89-year-old former corpsman last month that he will now be eligible for the benefits he had long been denied, including medical care and a military burial.

Dwork spent decades fighting to remove the blot on his record.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_GAYS_IN_MILITARY_WWII_VETERAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-09-16-17-38-46

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Fri Sep-16-11 08:48 PM
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1. Very cool

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