For some time now I have faithfully followed the lives and stories of the men and women who have died in our behalf and in service to our nation in the war against terrorism. I am now presenting some of their images and stories from local newspapers.
ALBUQUERQUE — Paula Gonzalez had only one question when Army officials showed up at her Las Cruces home: Which of her two sons was killed in Iraq?
“When you have two over there, it’s like hurry up, say which one,” she said by telephone from her home Sunday as the family looked at pictures of the slain soldier, Cpl. Jesse Zamora, 22, her youngest son.
On Friday, Zamora was killed when a roadside bomb blew up near his Humvee in Beiji, Iraq. A piece of shrapnel flew up and hit him, she said.
As he slipped away, Zamora asked one of his friends to hug him, Gonzalez said.
“It’s just incredible how close these guys are. They love each other so much,” she said.
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