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12/
25 /02: OI®
Delivers the Holidays to the USS Constellation
OCEANSIDE, CA — Today the North County Times
shares holiday thoughts and greetings from sailors
and Marines with the USS Constellation battle
group and those on the ground in Kuwait. More
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8/24/02:
Local Navy League thanks
Camp Pendleton units
CAMP PENDLETON, CA ---- As they trained and prepared
for a possible military operation several months
ago while overseas on Navy ships, some 1,200 Marines
and sailors from local units got "a little
piece of home" in the form of care packages
donated by San Diego County residents and businesses.
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7/22/02:
Foundation's new president
has new idea
OCEANSIDE, CA — The Pacific Wars Memorial Foundation's
new president has a fresh idea for an old concept,
the plan to build an expansive tribute to U.S. veterans
of wars fought in the Pacific region. The
foundation's new president, Albert Renteria, has
suggested that the proposed memorial honor all
U.S. military personnel, veterans and civilians
who fought in any war, right back to the Revolution,
instead of just those in the Pacific. More
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| 7/8/02:
Our
Neighbors —
Albert Renteria:
A Mexican, a Marine, an American
FALLBROOK, CA — Albert R. Renteria of Fallbrook
was born in Chicago in 1957. During the 1968 racial
turbulence in Chicago, his front yard was a war
zone. Close friends were gunned down. More
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| 4/25/02:
Now
is a good time to send letters to troops
AMARILLO,
TX — The Amarillo post office and the Veterans
of Foreign War have joined forces to celebrate
letter-writing month by encouraging children to
send letters to American troops overseas. More
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| 4/15/02:
Early
departure for base chief
CAMP
PENDLETON, CA — The commander of the Marine
Corps' West Coast training base will be retiring
this summer, just one year after arriving, several
military and local community officials said Thursday.
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| 3/23/02:
`Foxhole
buddies' sending packages to troops
CAMP
PENDLETON, CA — Al Renteria remembers what
it was like to sleep in a foxhole far away from
home. Mel Epstein has never slept in such a place.
Nevertheless, Renteria calls Epstein his foxhole
buddy.
Renteria
was in the Marine Corps for 26 years. Epstein
has been in the marketing business and has never
served in the military. The two of them have put
their know-how together for a maneuver called
Operation Interdependence®. More
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| 1/26/02:
Operation
Interdependence® | Local woman helps send
a little bit of home to deployed troops
VALLEY
CENTER, CA — Shirley Skinner has a grandson
in the military. She often sends him some of his
favorite things, such as chocolate chip cookies.
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, she has
been looking for a way to give others in the armed
forces a taste of home.
She
found a way to do it through Operation Interdependence®,
a civilian-to-military delivery system® run
by volunteers all over San Diego County. Now she's
baking batches of 100 cookies at a time. More
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