The 16th Annual Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project awards diplomas to military veterans with an honorable discharge whose high school education was interrupted due to military service in World War 2, the Korean or Vietnam wars. It also is eligible to those who were forcibly relocated and incarcerated in Japanese American internment camps during the second world war.
On December 16th the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools (SBCSS), in partnership with San Bernardino County Veterans Affairs, honored veteran Marvin N. Minter posthumously with a high school diploma as part of the efforts.
According to the County – Minter served in General Patton’s Third Army in a predominantly Black unit during a time of segregation and later supported the logistics operation Red Ball Express, providing necessary supplies to Allied forces after the primary landing on D-Day.
The ceremony continued with a surprise appearance by Dr. Gilbert Contrez, president of San Bernardino Valley College, who granted Minter an honorary associate’s degree.
Since the project’s inception, nearly 300 high school diplomas have been presented to veterans in San Bernardino County through the Operation Recognition Veterans Diploma Project.
Read more at the San Bernardino County’s website.
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