{"id":6547,"date":"2010-11-08T00:37:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T04:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2010-11-08T00:37:24","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T04:37:24","slug":"buffalo-news-living-tribute-honors-wwii-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/broadwayfillmorealive.org\/2.0\/2010\/11\/buffalo-news-living-tribute-honors-wwii-hero\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffalo News: Living tribute honors WWII hero"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lt. Col Matt Urban reaped a formidable number of combat honors for his World War II exploits, including the Medal of Honor, which was awarded posthumously.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, a growing tribute to the Buffalo legend was planted near the Adam Plewacki Post, American Legion, 385 Paderewski Drive.<\/p>\n

The Urban trees took root thanks to the continuing efforts of Re-Tree WNY\u2019s army of volunteers, armed with spades and rakes. Hundreds of trees were planted during this latest outing to replace Buffalo-area trees that were felled by the leaden fury of the October Surprise snowstorm in 2006.<\/p>\n

The hundreds of volunteers who turned out Saturday represented many organizations, like Buffalo ReUse.<\/p>\n

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