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March 6, 2023

‘Every day you call your parents hoping that random bomb didn’t fall in their city’

By Zia Faqiri, contributor

A year since Russia invaded their home country, Ukrainians in this area are still doing everything they can to help their home country. “One of the worst years of my life,” said Nicole Yurcaba through tears. 

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May 30, 2022

Community Perspective: Glory

By Community Perspective

I went to Vietnam to fight the war against communist aggression; I volunteered for the draft and wanted to save world and save Vietnam; but getting beaten down into the mud by the rain was not what I had in mind for my great adventure as a soldier. I have been soaked with rain, soaked with sweat, covered in mud, splattered with blood. I learned that an infantry solider learns to block out the pain and move on.

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