World War II veteran seeks compensation for fallen comrades

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World War II veteran seeks compensation for fallen comrades

Ghana’s last surviving World War II veteran, Ex-Warrant Officer Class I Joseph Ashitey Hammond, has pledged to pursue compensation from the government to assist the families of the three soldiers (former servicemen) who were shot at the Christiansborg Castle intersection in Accra. He argued that it was unjust that, after 80 years, the veterans who sacrificed their lives for Ghana had not received any com­pensation for their families. Speaking at…