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Veteran And VA Museum Volunteer Honored As Grand Marshal Of 2024 Philadelphia Veterans Parade
Honored Military veteran Albert El has spent over 10,000 hours helping fellow veterans and their families.
November 4, 2024
Albert El is one of the first faces you see when walking into the Philadelphia VA Museum at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center.
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For more than 25 years, El has been a volunteer museum curator, taking employees, volunteers, veterans and visitors on a journey through military history.
El enlisted when he was just 17 years old and served in the Air Force, Army and Army National Guard. From 1959 to 1964 he served in the 82nd Airborne as a paratrooper in Special Operations.
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Military veteran and Philadelphia VA Museum volunteer curator Albert El/CBS Philadelphia
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