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He recently asked the veterans service officer in North Attleborough, Rebecca Jennings, for help acquiring it so he could pass it on to his children. She got the medal and arranged the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jennings asked the war college if any active-duty service members could come. Command Master Chief Craig Cole said he\u2019d love to and will be accompanied by Lt. Cmdr. Chakir El Aissaoui, of the Royal Moroccan Navy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve learned so much from those who served in the past through all of our conflicts,\u201d Cole said. \u201cIt\u2019s very important to show the world that they\u2019re still getting recognized, years and years later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lincoln had five brothers, including three who also served during WWII. Lincoln said he joined the military to honor and take the place of his brother Lawrence, who was killed serving as a paratrooper in Belgium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lincoln was assigned to a fire department at a naval station in Morocco. He recalls fighting many fires that started in the searing daytime heat, but distinctly remembers the intensity of the Rabat fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019d have to come out and soak ourselves down, the heat was so tremendous,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sky was darkened. It kept going and going and we were there forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lincoln said he hadn\u2019t heard that anyone died in the fire, though many homes were destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lincoln has kept photos that show the drama as they fought the fire. He also has old photos of himself in uniform, including one he took with his own camera\u2014 a \u201cselfie\u201d from 72 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lincoln returned to Massachusetts in 1946, got married and raised four children. He worked as a foreman at plastics companies before starting his own metal and plastic polishing company. An avid bowler, he recently celebrated his 90th birthday at a bowling alley near his North Attleborough home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A 90-year-old World War II veteran is finally getting the military decoration he earned fighting a large blaze in Morocco more than 70 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":89135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":43,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[101,10,12,26,19],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2983],"class_list":["post-49950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-military-honor","category-news","category-newsletters","category-veterans"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"SFL34Y45BNDMJGBXB47JFZARUU","arc_canonical_url":"\/veterans\/salute-veterans\/2017\/11\/23\/world-war-ii-vet-to-get-moroccan-award-he-earned-decades-ago\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17326562979698.jpg.jpg\")