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  • Pressing on: Company honor man lost father, suffered illness early in training (One Tough MARINE)

    08/19/2005 4:59:17 PM PDT · by SandRat · 5 replies · 644+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Aug 19, 2005 | Pfc. Charlie Chavez
    MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, Calif. (August 19, 2005) -- Bedridden and dazed from medication, Travis D. Hall woke up surprised to see his sister enter the Naval Medical Center San Diego hospital room May 17. He knew she brought bad news. "She told me straight," said 21-year-old Hall, who was sick from an allergic reaction to a penicillin shot he took when checking into Marine Corps recruit training three months ago. Hall's sister, Tamara H. Mooradian, told him their father, Rudy G. Hall, 66, had died in his sleep a day before. Tamara hugged her brother and they...