Remembering their soldiers at Our Lady of Guadalupe
In Chicago's Our Lady of Guadalupe parish a granite monument honors 12 parishioners who went to Vietnam and did not return. Mary Flores will place flowers for her brother Joe and pray for John in the Korean War, then thank God for her grandson who survived Iraq. The vintage Catholic church has long sent youth to war, reflecting a community with limited blue collar opportunities and strong patriotism.
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103 Year Old WWI Veteran Leads Memorial Day Ride
Lloyd Brown, 103, one of the last World War I veterans, plans to ride in a Washington Memorial Day parade to symbolize the remaining 30 living veterans. A Navy musician who patrolled the North Atlantic, he later re enlisted, served as a firefighter in DC, and now lives in Charlotte Hall, Maryland with daily check ins from his daughter Nancy Espina.
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Soldier reflects on loss after helicopter crash in Afghanistan
Army Maj. Paul Suskie says choosing to fly on April 3 rather than April 6 haunted him after the 2001 crash killed 18, and losing two friends reshaped his Memorial Day perspective. He plans to return to Arkansas by mid June with wife Erica and children Paul Jr. and Lily, vowing to be a better person.
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