A final battle: Home from Vietnam
As kids, Ruben and Raul thought they had life all figured out.They would grow up and live minutes from each other, be best men in each other’s weddings, godfathers to each other’s children. They would sit side by side at Dodger Stadium, two old men in a sea of blue.The friends never imagined that after high school both would be sent to Vietnam — but only one would return.The loss was so painful that for 40 years Ruben Valencia could hardly bring […]
