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Kathy Cardona and her daughter, Julianna Blamire, both of Connecticut, hold back emotion as they look at the name of Cardona's husband, Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Cardona, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washingtin, D.C., after attending a ceremony at the wall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Cardona said her husband was a Ranger and loved serving as one.

Kathy Cardona and her daughter, Julianna Blamire, both of Connecticut, hold back emotion as they look at the name of Cardona's husband, Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Cardona, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washingtin, D.C., after attending a ceremony at the wall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Cardona said her husband was a Ranger and loved serving as one.

Kathy Cardona and her daughter, Julianna Blamire, both of Connecticut, hold back emotion as they look at the name of Cardona's husband, Army Staff Sgt. Ronald Cardona, on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washingtin, D.C., after attending a ceremony at the wall to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. Cardona said her husband was a Ranger and loved serving as one.

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