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  • AV grad lives sky soldier's life in Iraq: 19-year-old veteran

    11/17/2003 3:56:49 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 4 replies · 199+ views
    Valley Press ^ | November 16, 2003 | DENNIS ANDERSON
    Chris Williams went to Fort Benning's famous school for Army paratroopers and earned his wings a few months out of high school with the required five jumps. His sixth jump was at night, into Iraq. Williams graduated Antelope Valley High School, the class of 2002, with pretty good grades. He belonged to the Junior ROTC program there, and he liked it. He's still got friends at the school, though most of his friends now are in the Army. "I was 18 when we jumped into northern Iraq," he said. "It was my first night jump." He returned home on leave...