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Texas man granted US citizenship -- 53 years after serving in Vietnam, receiving Purple Heart

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A Mexican American living in Texas, who is a Vietnam War veteran and a Purple Heart recipient, has finally received U.S. citizenship -- more than 50 years after his military duty, according to a report.

Ruben Sanchez was 20 years old when he joined up to defend America, he told KVEO-TV in Brownsville, Texas. "L.B. Johnson took over and he started drafting the people, the young guys like myself," he said.

He quoted President Johnson's predecessor, John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."  Sanchez told a reporter he and other immigrants were promised U.S.

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