福克斯新闻 越战老兵终于完成高中学业（在线收听）

69-year-old Larry Crotts was supposed to graduate from the Berkley Michigan High School with the class of 66, but he was otherwise engaged, having joined the Navy to fight in the Vietnam War.

69岁的拉里·克劳斯本应从伯克利密歇根高中第66届毕业,但却事与愿违,他加入到了越南战争的海军战斗之中。

When he got out of the service, he got his GED, but that wasn't good enough for his mother:

他在服完兵役后拿到了GED学位,但他的母亲觉得仍然不够:

“I called her and I says, Mom I've got my GED, she said that's not a diploma.”

“我打电话给她,我说,妈妈，我拿到了GED学位,但她说这不是文凭。”

He promised his mother he'd graduate high school.

他向母亲做出承诺，要完成高中学业。

So called Berkely High School.

因此他给伯克利高中打去了电话。

They made him hit the books in order to qualify.

校方要求他读书完成学业。

And finally, walk across the stage, tear in his eye, to at long last get his diploma.

最终，他登上了毕业舞台,眼中充满了泪水,终于拿到了期盼已久的文凭。

Gary Baumgarten, FOX News.

福克斯新闻，加里·鲍格特恩报道。