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  1. article In their memory

    Tuesday, April 13, 2010 11:00 pm

    Flowers sit next to the commemorative plaque that names the 19 U.S. Marines killed in the Nighthawk 72 Osprey aircraft crash of April 8, 2000, at Marana Regional Airport. People gathered Saturday to remember those lost 10 years ago.

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  2. In their memory

    J.D. Fitzgerald/ Special to the Explorer, Tom Duke of Tempe places a rose on the plaque for Nighthawk 72 crash victims at Marana Regional Airport. A Saturday service marked the 10th anniversary of the crash that claimed 19 Marines.

  3. In their memory

    J.D. Fitzgerald/ Special to the Explorer, Veterans of Foreign Wars members hold up flags Saturday at the memorial of the Osprey crash that killed 19 Marines in Marana 10 years ago.

  4. In their memory

    J.D. Fitzgerald/ Special to the Explorer, Flowers sit next to the commemorative plaque that names the 19 U.S. Marines killed in the Nighthawk 72 Osprey aircraft crash of April 8, 2000, at Marana Regional Airport. People gathered Saturday to remember those lost 10 years ago.

  5. In their memory

    J.D. Fitzgerald/ Special to the Explorer, Mike Flynn, senior vice commandant of the Marana Nighthawk 72 Marine Corps League Detachment, opened a Saturday memorial service with kind words for the Marines who lost their lives April 8, 2000.

  6. Safeway memorial

    Victims were remembered throughout the weekend at Safeway on Ina and Oracle roads, where the shootings occured one year ago.

  7. article In memory of two

    Tuesday, May 11, 2010 11:00 pm

    courtesy of the Town of Oro Valley

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  8. In memory of two

    Photo courtesy of the Town of Oro Valley, Officer Elijah Woodward of the Oro Valley Police Department played the National Anthem on the pipes Friday, when Oro Valley employees, residents and the families of Maria Zabaleta and Sgt. Doug Reedy paused for a memorial tree-planting ceremony. Trees were unveiled on the town campus along La Cañada. Zabaleta and Reedy were town employees who have passed away in recent months.

  9. youtube Community Voices: Holiday Memories

    Thursday, December 6, 2012 2:43 pm

    Students and teachers tell The Explorer their favorite holiday memories.

  10. article WWII Veteran visits memorial

    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 4:00 am

    World War II Veteran Paul Fields visited the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. with the Southern Arizona Honor Flight program, thanks to the generosity of Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 and American Legion Post 132. 

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  11. article Bombers Bring Back Memories

    Wednesday, April 25, 2012 4:00 am

    Northwest resident Al Arreola, 88, remembers the first time he saw a flak explosion in the sky as he sat in the ball turret gunner position that rested on the belly of a B-17 during World War II.

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  12. Memorial game 2

    Arizona Diamondback Kelly Johnson cracked a ball out to the outfield Monday afternoon.

  13. Memorial game 1

    John Green and son, Dallas, walked to the stand Monday evening after the youngster threw the opening pitch of a fundraiser game featuring the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago White Sox.

  14. Memorial game 3

    The special bond shared between parent and child seemed all the more special during the exhibition game, which honored 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green.

  15. article Memorial park honors Christina

    Wednesday, March 2, 2011 6:00 am

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  16. Memorial park 3

    The memorial park is located at Shannon and Magee roads.

  17. Memorial park 2

    The park was named after their 9-year-old daughter, who was killed on Jan. 8. More than 200 people attended the ribbon-cutting and released pink and purple balloons at the end of the ceremony. In attendance were shooting survivors, local dignitaries, Christina’s classmates, representatives from Gabrielle Giffords’ office, and first responders.

  18. Memorial park 1

    Rozanna and John Green, parents of Christina-Taylor Green, and son Dallas, above, release their balloons at the end of the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Cañada del Oro Christina-Taylor Green Memorial River Park Monday afternoon.

  19. article Spanish memories, with veggies to boot

    Tuesday, June 1, 2010 11:00 pm

    What a thrill to be the new cooking columnist for The Explorer.

  20. article In their own words: Memories of war

    Thursday, November 20, 2008 12:00 am

    To mark Veteran’s Day, Explorer staff reporter and photographer Randy Metcalf recently visited with World War II veterans to hear their stories.

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  21. In their own words: Memories of war

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, World War II vet Dave Meyer recalls: "These commando pilots are flying us and one turns around and says, 'We're about to run out of gas.' He says, 'You better hook up to your parachutes. We're gonna jump.' I said to myself 'We’re gonna jump?!' Then he changed his mind and says, 'Nope, we're gonna try and land.' Then we ran out of gas right as we were landing."

  22. In their own words: Memories of war

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, World War II vet Don Crabtree said: "I saw combat before I was 19 years old. I saw it in Guadalcanal. I guess that's one of the reasons I joined the service — my dad always talked about action but he never saw any. The only action he saw was guard duty."

  23. In their own words: Memories of war

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, "Oh, I suppose if I was young, you know. I had never been [west of] the Mississippi," WWII vet Evan Rogers said about why he joined the Army.

  24. In their own words: Memories of war

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, Former WWII Navy nurse Doris Flack recalled: "I had a classmate — a friend of mine, and we decided we were going to join together. We had made arrangements to go in together. I got called in and she wasn't called at the same time. That was a problem because I didn't want to go alone but I had to go."

  25. In their own words: Memories of war

    Randy Metcalf/The Explorer, "Oh, I suppose if I was young, you know. I had never been [west of] the Mississippi," WWII vet Evan Rogers said about why he joined the Army.

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