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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

North Reading Veteran Receives Purple Heart

Vincent Ahearn got a purple heart after being injured in Korea.

Vincent Ahearn received a Purple Heart after being injured in Korea. The veteran and resident at Meadow View Care and Rehabilitation Center is proud to share his story. Ahearn grew up in Brooklyn, New York and, according to his son John, started working for a braiding machine operator making parachute lines for war as a teen. He went to Fort Dix New Jersey in May of 1943 for basic training. He was a medic, his son said. Ahearn spent three months in basic training and then 11 months as a hospital orderly. He was first deployed to Italy and then Germany were he spent 14 months as a medical technician. After that, according to his son, he was in the European Theatre of Operations for 25 months administering first aid. When he returned to the …

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Meadow View Care & Rehabilitation Center

Joe Veno

9:05 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Thank you for your service to our Country Vincent.   more ›

Friday, August 10, 2012

Meadow View Patient Receives Purple Heart

Theodore Kosiavelon was awarded a Purple Heart after being injured in the line of duty while serving in the Navy.

Theodore Kosiavelon lives at Meadow View Care and Rehabilitation Center in North Reading, and received a Purple Heart after being injured while serving in the Navy during WWII. Kosiavelon was born in New York City, and his family moved to Lowell when he was 14-years-old. His uncle heard that he was swimming in the canals in the city and immediately took him to the YMCA for swimming lessons. “That was one of his loves. He loved the water, loved to swim,” his wife, Ruth Kosiavelon said. His love for the water was his inspiration to join the Navy in 1942. Soon after, he became part of the first class of the Salvage Diving School on Pier 88 in New York City, where he was certified to dive 125 feet.  To get an idea of the training he went …

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Meadow View Care & Rehabilitation Center

Joe Veno

6:12 am on Monday, August 13, 2012

Thank you for your service. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS.   more ›

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