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BALDWIN PARK -- Army Sgt. Gerardo Barajas Barajas -- the eldest of four children -- wanted to find a way to pay for college tuition and get out of the dangerous environment in which he lived, having grown up in El Monte and Baldwin Park.
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Determination Under Fire
Barajas is back in his Baldwin Park home on a two-week leave from Iraq, where at the age of 21 he earned two Purple Hearts. His first injury came in ...
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