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Marilyn Gonzalez Colon – You Are Strong! Featured Veteran

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June 2012. This month’s featured veteran is Marilyn Gonzalez Colon. This is her unedited story, in her own words. Pictured below are SGT Marilyn Gonzalez on the right and her daughter SPC Jessica Pedraza on the left, both deployed to Baghdad in 2010. My name is Marilyn Gonzalez

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