Victor H Toledo Pulido |
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Hanford, California |
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May 23, 2007 |
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Killed in Al Nahrawan, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near their vehicle. |
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Among the dead heroes was Army Corporal Victor H. Toledo-Pulido, 22, of Hanford, California. Toledo-Pulido was approximately seven years old when a smuggler brought him, his brother and his mother over the mountains from Mexico into the United States. As a child, he worked difficult jobs, such as picking grapes and other crops in the fields of the California's central valley with an uncle. In 1999, he was able to become a legal resident. He was killed with one other soldier when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle near Nahrawan, southeast of Iraq. Captain Troy Thomas, who survived the same attack, sent an e-mail to the LA Times saying: "It's hard to explain the rush of emotion in a time like that. People should not have to experience that feeling. It is because of brave human beings like Victor that war is only witnessed by a few so the majority can live free and never experience what I felt that day……What does it take to prove your worth as an American? Well, if you ask me, Victor Toledo-Pulido showed his worth by serving his nation and his family." |
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