70-year American Legion member Valerian Derenda and his wife, Loretta, were visited by Adam Plewacki Post 799 (Buffalo, N.Y.) Commander James Bojanowski.
Val is a 97-year-old U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He and Loretta have been married for 62 years.
They are Gold Star Parents of Robert V. Derenda, U.S. Army SFC, 1st Brigade, 98th Division, who was killed 8/5/2005 in northwest Iraq.