Community outpouring helping families of men who died in Marine AAV training exercise
Erika I. Ritchie, The Orange County Register
Aug 24, 2020 4:00 AM EDT
She was next to her family and surrounded by the Marines who served with her son’s unit, Battalion Landing Team 1/4. Next to her stood Aleta Bath, who like the Baltierras, lost a son when the Marines’ amphibious assault vehicle sank 400 feet to the ocean floor during training off San Clemente Island. Their sons had been roommates.
As twilight fell, a lone bagpiper came onto the stage and began playing “Going Home†as quiet fell over the crowd of more than 500.
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