The State - News from June 12, 1986

A retired World War II Army captain from Monterey County said he has mailed his Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts to President Reagan to protest the fact that similar medals were awarded to soldiers after the Grenada invasion and the Berlin disco bombing. Ralph Alcolcer, 69, of Seaside, who won his medals in European combat, said they had been “cheapened by the President giving the same kinds of medals to troops in terrorist bombings or a police action.”