Three Fallen Soldiers Honored

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Hohenfels honors three soldiers killed in Afghanistan

"HOHENFELS, Germany — Three 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan this month were honored Wednesday by family, friends and comrades at Hohenfels.

Staff Sgt. Marc A. Arizmendez, 30, of Anaheim, Calif.; Spc. Roger Lee, 26, of Monterey, Calif.; and Pfc. Michael S. Pridham, 19, of Louisville, Ky., were killed by a roadside bomb that struck their vehicle July 6 during a patrol in Qalat, the capital of Zabul province.

The three were serving with 1-4’s Team Dragon, a company task force that deployed to Zabul earlier this year. During the ceremony at Hohenfels’ on-post theater, Arizmendez’ widow, Barbara, wept softly as members of his unit spoke of her late husband.

Sgt. Christopher Bockhol said Arizmendez, who also is survived by daughter Jennifer and son Justin, taught him to grind his snowboard on a box at the Grosser Arber ski area in Bavaria last winter.

“He loved to play his guitar and listen to rock music and heavy metal, or play with his kids and get into water and snowball fights,” Bockhol recalled."

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Never Forget 9/11

Dana Falkenberg | 9/11 Victims | washingtonpost.com

Dana Falkenberg

Age: 3

Hometown: University Park, Md., USA

Occupation: N/a

Location: Passenger, American Flight 77, Pentagon

"There were a lot of rituals in that house! From early in her life, bedtime for Dana was a story in the living room on the couch with everyone listening. Afterwards, she was carried upstairs for a few songs in the rocking chair before being put down with her favorite stuffed 'Lambie.' Then, Zoe and both parents read together -- longer, more complicated books like all of Harry Potter, some Tolkien, many children's classics. Zoe usually had just one song in her bed; she was usually allowed to read on her own for a while. In her last summer, Dana, like most little 3-year-old girls, was fascinated by anything about princesses and stayed in costume much of the time. Part of the family Sunday morning ritual was reading The Washington Post, including the comics with the girls. They loved each other, loved being together, loved books, loved life." -- Ruth Koch, Leslie Whittington's mother, 'Nana' to the girls