Azusa Honors Its Surviving World War Ii Vets in Veterans Day Ceremony
San Gabriel Valley Tribune › November 12, 2010
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AZUSA - Compadres, or buddies, for decades, Gilbert M. Ortiz and Daniel Z. Vasquez are just a handful of World War II veterans still living in this patriotic community.
While in the Army, Ortiz took part in the allied invasion on the shores of Normandy in June 1944, while Vasquez, a Marine, took part in the battle of Iwo Jima in February 1945.See the full content of this document
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Azusa Honors Its Surviving World War Ii Vets in Veterans Day Ceremony
Aging gracefully together as next-door neighbors, Ortiz, 85, and Vasquez, 84, are still the first to stand, salu...
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