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A veteran of war was honored 73 years after his death.

Rep. Virginia Foxx presented the family of Willis Tom Bradshaw with the medals he earned during service in World War II on Saturday in Foxx's Clemmons office.

Bradshaw was a Seaman Second Class in the U.S. Navy Reserve. He was killed in action on November 13, 1942, when the USS Juneau was sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

Bonnie Ford, Bradshaw's daughter, received her father's World War II Victory Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin and a replacement Purple Heart, a medal given to members of the military wounded or killed by enemy action or in action against the enemy. Ford was 7 years old when her father was killed. She will be accompanied by her son and daughter-in-law Dennis and Susan Ford, as well as her granddaughter Paige Ford.

"I wish my Momma had lived long enough to see them," said Ford. "When she died, her last breath was, 'I'm going to be with Willis.'"

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