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Sierra Madre Native Serving Overseas Takes Time to Remember

United States Army Colonel Mario Diaz remembers 9/11 during a special ceremony.

A Sierra Madre native helped stress the importance of observing Sept. 11 this week to troops in Afghanistan.

United States Army Colonel Mario Diaz, a commander of the fourth brigade of the tenth Mountain Division and a Task Force Patriot, addressed his soldiers on Sept. 11 during the brigade’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Forward Operating Base Gamberi.

The base is located in Laghman Province, Afghanistan.

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