DENVER (KDVR) — Hector M. Flores served, fought and was wounded in Europe after the D-Day invasion during World War II. But when he returned to Colorado, he didn't receive a hero's welcome.

Now, a group called Leadership Veteran is trying to change that.

They dedicated a park bench to the late Army sergeant on Friday, 81 years after the Normandy invasion that turned the tide of the war, and led to an allied victory.

The bench sits in a park in Denver's Baker neighborhood that already bears Flores' name.

"I can't believe this is happening today from my father's memory," his daughter, Stella Acosta, told FOX31.

"Not only (does this honor) the legacy of a decorated World War II veteran, but the legacy of a family whose spirit ripples through this community in ways many of us do not even

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