An 82-year-old veteran is receiving an honourable discharge a half—century after the U.S. Army kicked him out for being gay.
Donald Hallman of Columbus, Ohio, requested a reversal of his 1955 “undesirably” discharged status after President Barack Obama repealed the military’s “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” rule in 2010.
Hallman is scheduled to appear with U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, at a news conference Friday in Columbus. Mr. Hallman served from 1953 to 1955 and was stationed in Frankfurt, Germany.
Mr. Brown’s office says an estimated 100,000 Americans have been discharged from the military because of their sexual orientation since World War II.
Mr. Brown co-sponsored federal legislation to help service members discharged solely due to their sexual orientation correct their military records and receive reinstated benefits.
