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Twin Marine brothers deploy to Iraq this week
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 17:02:40 EDT
Posted : Wednesday Aug 27, 2008 17:02:40 EDT
TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — Twin brothers from Tombstone are set to be deployed to Iraq this week.
Lance Cpls. David and Tony Lopez signed up for the Marines after graduating from Tombstone High School last year. The two were placed in the same company and were together again for infantry training.
Both ended up at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif., from where they’ll both be deployed this week. They’re both headed to Iraq but with different companies.
Their deployments aren’t the only thing the two have in common. Both will leave behind pregnant wives who are due to deliver while they’re in Iraq.
“We haven’t even left yet and I can think about us just getting back,” Tony Lopez said.
His daughter is due in October. David Lopez’s baby is due in April.
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