Rep. Díaz-Balart Honors Veterans from Miami-Dade County with Congressional Veteran Commendation
Miami, FL – Yesterday, Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart (FL-26) presented the Congressional Veteran Commendation to the following local veterans in Miami-Dade County for their distinguished service: Lieutenant Colonel Michael Coote, United States Army from Miami Lakes; Pedro Llaguno, Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) in the United States Navy from Miami Lakes; Lance Corporal Leonardo Polo, United States Marine Corps from Hialeah.
The Congressional Veteran Commendation is a nominations-based program designed to recognize the wartime sacrifices and peacetime community involvement of veterans residing in Florida's 26th Congressional District. Each one of these veterans will be interviewed, and their wartime collection will be added to the Veterans History Project, sponsored by the Library of Congress.