Navy Shipfitter 2nd Class Claude R. Garcia, was killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks in 1941 at just 25 years old. His remains were found in May this year and Tuesday, they returned home to Ventura.
"The DPAA is working very hard with the families — the MIAs and POWs — to get the DNA swabs from the families, so they match the bones and bring them home," Herzog said.
With each one of the fallen, like Garcia, Herzog deals with them like they’re her own family. She wants them to get the respect they deserve, even from a generation that didn’t even know them. "And, we can’t forget the sacrifices of those who have gone before us," Herzog said. "My oldest son is 30, and I’m thinking ‘Holy cow… that mom.’"
As she drove behind his hearse, Tuesday Herzog thought about Garcia’s mom and how, "Freedom isn’t free. It’s not free today and it wasn’t free then."DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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