Work is underway on a new American Legion Post in Pharr, replacing a more than 100-year-old building.

After serving his country, Miguel Flores left behind a country he felt abandoned him.

"I didn't want to do anything with my country, my service, or what I did," Flores said.

Flores says he was denied benefits from the Veteran Affairs Department because he was over the income limit.

"I was angry and rightfully so," Flores said.

Flores served as a Military Police Officer in South Korea towards the end of the Vietnam War.

His life after the war focused on his family and his utilities business. He's also a Tejano artist, and his music led him to fellow vets.

"Why don't you become a member? We're constantly bringing in speakers in here," Flores said.

Fifty years after serving in the Vie

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