State honor for Ocala veteran

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Steven Petty of Ocala, who flew more than 1,000 combat missions in the Vietnam War and received 46 combat decorations, was inducted into the Florida Veterans Hall of Fame on Nov. 6 in Tallahassee.

Petty continues to serve fellow veterans as the head of the nonprofit Vet Resource Center in Ocala, which provides free cancer screenings to veterans and other veteran benefit information.

“I’m very humbled,” Perry has stated about the honor…

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