As a 91-year-old Korean War Veteran and AZ Daily Star delivery route 7A boy in the 1940s, I have a little different view of what constitutes being tough. My father, brought here as a child, from Mexico, tried to serve in WW1 and was told that his work as a copper miner contributed more to the war effort than stopping a bullet. He worked hard from age 10 to a little over age 65 raising a family of 11 children. Eight of his children served honorably in the military participating in WW2, Korea and the prelude to Vietnam.
Gerardo M. Aguilar
Midtown
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