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19 Feb 69

Hi Sis,

One guy was from Floral Park. He had 5 days left to go. He was standing on a 250 lb bomb that a plane had dropped and didn’t explode. So the NVA wired it up. Well all they found was a piece of his wallet….

Love,
Sal
Sp/4 Salvador L. Gonzalez served with Company D, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, which operated in I Corps, from December 1968-December 1969. He is an electrical engineer who was living in Queens, New York, at the time of the dedication of the Memorial.

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