Army Veteran Receives High School Diploma After Four Decades

While the crowd waited to see sons and daughters receive their high school diplomas, a son waited to see his father cross the stage to receive the diploma he put on hold 47 years ago in order to serve his country. The U.S. <a href="https://rumble.com/v4dn5b-army-veteran-seeing-color-for-the-first-time.html" target="_blank">army veteran</a> is sitting in his cap and gown among hundreds of graduating high school seniors. He is receiving his high school diploma, too. Roberto Garza dropped out of high school in 1971 to serve his country. He always wanted to finish high school, but didn’t think he could because of his age. With the help of his son, Roberto had the chance to fulfill a life-long dream. After the retirement, he expressed his deep desire to earn diploma to his son. Even though they were unsure about the chance of getting admission in school, his son searched and learned that his father is eligible to return to high school since he dropped out to serve his country during a time of war. Thus after 47 years of gap he still could get back to his former high school to earn his diploma.

“One day we were at the dinner table, and he says, ‘hey son, I want to... how do I get my diploma? I want to go back to school’… And I said, well, let me research it…”. Texas Education Code says that: …” a school district may issue a high-school diploma to a person who left school… to serve in war formally declared by the United States.” Roberto was able to complete his high school education at the same high school where he had started it 47 years earlier. “Everybody here sees their kids. I get to see my dad. It’s just awesome. There’s no words for it. I am really excited. To see the man that raised me. He helped me with everything, now to see him go through this...It’s just amazing”.

All forty members of his family traveled from across Texas to see Roberto graduate in the class of 2018. Despite the excitement and his achievement, Roberto thinks of his parents who didn’t get to see him graduate high school. Roberto wishes for his dad to be there with him, he would have loved it. He wants to study law and become a Texas Peace Officer, something he says his dad would have wanted. He smiled <a href="https://rumble.com/v5hdtr-from-homeless-to-happy-army-veteran-moves-out-of-tiny-home-village-in-racin.html" target="_blank">through tears</a> to receive his school diploma after 5 decades of gap. This proud veteran from Texas made a remarkable milestone and the happy event is worth watching! The heartwarming video shows the proud veteran is receiving his graduation along with hundreds of teenage students with the class of 2018. The happy veteran was seen struggling to control his tears of happiness, and more than 40 of his family members were there in the stands to cheer and applaud his great achievement and his son felt it so awesome. <a href="https://rumble.com/v3ey58-army-veteran-reconnects-with-his-family-after-20-years.html" target="_blank">The poignant moment</a> left Garza’s son bursting with pride. Sometimes life has a surprising twist, that’s what makes it so exciting, isn’t it?