//Maine veteran recovers from COVID-19, gets overdue service medals

Maine veteran recovers from COVID-19, gets overdue service medals

A Navy veteran has survived COVID-19 and finally gotten his long overdue military service medals.Donal Staples Sr. is 92 years old now and a resident at the Maine Veterans’ Home in Scarborough, where several people tested positive. When he tested positive for coronavirus, he had no life-threatening lung or heart symptoms but spent two months in isolation with caretakers wearing full protective gear. He does