Finally welcomed home

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was a long overdue "welcome home" for a local Korean war veteran.

Loved ones of Francis Leonard reached out to "a heroes welcome" and Wednesday, the nonprofit threw the welcome home celebration that Leonard did not receive when he came home from combat.

Leonard was honored during a ceremony outside the Rivers Edge Nursing and Rehab Center in Northeast Philadelphia, where he is in hospice care.

His wife of 55 years was there along with family members and friends to thank him for his service.