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Juniper Village Resident Honored with a Quilt of Valor

John Naughton, a Vietnam veteran residing at Juniper Village at Forest Hills receives Quilt of Valor.

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​Juniper Village at Forest Hills resident, John “Jack” Naughton, was recently honored with a Quilt of Valor.
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Juniper Village at Forest Hills resident, John “Jack” Naughton, was recently honored with
a Quilt of Valor. The executive director for the Veteran’s Breakfast Club of Pittsburgh, Todd DePastino, presented the Vietnam veteran with the Quilt of Valor this past May. Quilts of Valor are beautiful handmade patchwork quilts that are made by members of the Quilts of Valor Foundation from Allison Park, Pennsylvania. The Quilts of Valor Foundation creates quilts to provide comfort and healing for service members and veterans touched by war. Mr. Naughton was a Marine with the 1st Marines, 3rd Marine Division that sustained casualties in the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.

Juniper Village at Forest Hills takes great pride in the accomplishments and histories of the residents in their care such as John Naughton.

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