After 72 years... veteran to receive high school diploma

An Oklahoma man who dropped out of high school to fight in World War II will receive his diploma on Thursday, an accomplishment that took 72 years to complete.

Bill Larkin, 90, who left school during his senior year in 1943 and served with the U.S. Marines in Iwo Jima and elsewhere, will join the 2015 graduating class ceremonies at Skiatook High School on Thursday evening, officials from the school located north of Tulsa said.

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