On Friday, Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ4) presented the Bronze Star to a 79-year-old Middletown man who served his country ...

Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork left them unrecognized.

I got the certificate not too long after I got home, in 1972, but I never got the medal. “I waited ... received his Bronze Star with family members present. Celentano, who grew up in Clifton ...