THE GULF WAR : Military: Family Affair
A 59-year-old GREAT-GRANDFATHER FROM SAN JOSE is following in the footsteps of a grandson and heading off to serve in the Persian Gulf War. Richard Martinez, a sergeant major in the Army Reserves for 40 years, was ordered to report to active duty at Ft. Knox, Ky., recently. Richard Guevara, his grandson, is an Army mortician stationed 30 miles from the Kuwaiti border. Martinez said most of his family members--including his wife, 12 children, 37 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren--support his decision to serve in the war. One exception is Guevara, who in a recent letter urged his grandfather to stay home.
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