Saturday, July 31, 2010

Wars take a heavy toll on one California school

Wars take a heavy toll on one California school
Buchanan High School in the Central Valley community of Clovis has lost seven troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, the most of any school in the state.
By Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times

July 31, 2010
Reporting from Clovis, Calif. — The seventh funeral was Friday. The church was full, even strangers lined the streets and everyone in sight stopped what they were doing and bowed their heads as Brian Piercy's body moved from church to cemetery — the same as they had done for six others.

Seven boys from Clovis' Buchanan High Shool have been killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Wars take a heavy toll on one California school
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