New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Lauren Hicks turned her love for art into state commemorative medals designed to honor New York state residents’ service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
Hicks, who lives in Saratoga Springs, is the talent behind the New York’s Korean War Commemorative Medal and Vietnam War Commemorative Medal, which the New York Division of Military and Naval Affairs is distributing.
It was a process that involved interviewing veterans and learning about the two wars, as well as using her drawing skills, Hicks said.
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