Army Capt. Zachariah L. Fike presents Hyla Merin with a plaque that contains medals, from left, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Army Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal along with a Silver Star that he pinned to her during a ceremony at her home, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The medals were presented posthumously to her father after they were recently discovered in an apartment where Merin&#39;s mother and aunts had once lived. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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