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Guillen, Ambrosio

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Guillen, Ambrosio

August 20, 2026

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Staff Sergeant Ambrosio Guillen (USMC), born in La Junta, Colorado, on 7 December 1929 and raised in El Paso, Texas, became one of the Korean War’s most celebrated Marine heroes. He attended Aoy Elementary School and Bowie High School before enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1948. After recruit…

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