A 76-year-old Vietnam War veteran from Maryland fulfilled a dream decades after leaving school to serve the nation.
David Densmore was supposed to graduate in 1968 from Northeast High School in Pasadena, Maryland. But at 17, he enlisted in the Marines to fight in the Vietnam War.
“I just wanted to serve the country and make peace,” Densmore told sister station WBAL. “It was challenging. I grew up quite fast, being 17, and became a man.”…