Two Jewish Vietnam War veterans are being honored this Veterans Day not only for their military service, but for an extraordinary friendship that has lasted 75 years and counting.

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Dr. Paul Gold and Dr. Joel Leib have shared nearly every chapter of their lives together from middle school through medical school, military service in Vietnam, and a 50-year medical practice partnership.

"We were like brothers in sense," Gold said.

The lifelong friends met in middle school, went to high school together, and continued their education at Wayne State University. Both were also accepted into the osteopathic medicine program in Des Moines, Iowa.

"We had the same experiences over a lifetime, and that tends to make you close," Leib said.

In their mid-20s, both

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