From Vietnam to Iraq, rosary links 3 veterans

From Vietnam to Iraq, rosary links 3 veterans

(EXCERPT) , By MICHAEL MELLO BEE STAFF WRITER Last Updated: February
15, 2004, 07:49:19 AM PST

In 1969, a nun handed a plastic rosary to Modesto resident John A.
Castaneda as he boarded a plane that would take him to the steamy
jungles of Vietnam. He had it with him when he nearly got shot
carrying two wounded comrades to safety after an ambush.

Army Spc. Jeremy Hiner re...

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