Photo Gallery: United States Marine receives Purple Heart almost 72 years after being injured at Iwo Jima during World War II
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, wipes tears after receiving the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
With his sons, retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson, 53, left, and Adam Anderson, 49, second from left, retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, listens to USMC Sgt. Allen Schocken, right, read a commendation, before receiving a Purple Heart from USMC Lt. Colonel Aaron Doty, second from right, during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr. was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, received the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, received the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, talks to the press after receiving the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, received the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, received the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)
Retired United States Marine Corps Corporal Samuel Leland Anderson, Jr., 91 of Woodland Hills, received the Purple Heart during ceremony at Henri’s Coffee Shop in Canoga Park on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Anderson Jr., who was wounded on March 11, 1945, after 21 days of intense fighting at Iwo Jima, Japan, during World War II, is the father of retired Glendale police Lt. Todd Anderson, left. Anderson Jr.’s grandson and Todd Anderson’s son Nick Anderson, 29, is at right. (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)