Detectives in Virginia surprised a veteran Marine who served in Vietnam, replacing service medals stolen from him in a burglary. The detectives are members of the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office and made arrests in the incident, but were unable to recover the medals that belonged to retired Marine Corps Lt Col. Thomas Faleskie. I am still in a state of shock,” Faleskie said at a ceremony Friday where he was presented with the medals, WTVR-TV reported. The lead detective on the burglary case was Frank Corona, a retired Marine. The citation says that’s when Faleskie “assumed command and skillfully directed and controlled subsequent flights into the dangerous pickup and assault landing zones.

Source: Fox News September 26, 2020 20:03 UTC