By Eric Jaramishian
It’s settled. Tyler Jacobs got to see his father, Navy Capt. Paul Jacobs’, bronze plaque placed on the Honor Wall at the El Dorado County Veterans Monument in Placerville Tuesday.
The plaque placement followed a decision by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors to deny an appeal by monument founder Richard Buchanan on the grounds that the Navy captain did not meet criteria to go on the Honor Wall.
The appeal, filed July 6, came on the heels of an initial appeal made to the El Dorado County Veterans Affairs Commission, which was unanimously denied.
Paul Jacobs, who died at his son’s Grizzly Flat home in December, has been credited with a humanitarian mission that rescued nearly 32,000 during the …
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