Roseburg veteran Arnold Ryder was awarded the Bronze Star Medal Thursday, more than 60 years after serving in the Philippines during World War II with an Army infantry division dedicated to avenging the deaths of American and Filipino prisoners of war. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio pinned the medal onto Ryder’s jacket during a short ceremony at the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center. “It’s always a great honor to recognize someone from the greatest generation,” DeFazio said. “It’s been a while, but it’s never too late to bestow the honor he earned.” President Franklin Roosevelt authorized the Bronze Star in 1944 …