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Marine stresses positive choices for students

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Marine Maj. Guillermo Rosales has served two tours of duty in Iraq and was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery. He's stationed in Chicago now and lives in Wheeling.

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Marine Maj. Guillermo Rosales visited Kennedy Junior High School in Lisle Friday to speak to students about the importance of making smart choices.

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Marine Maj. Guillermo Rosales greeted a small group of veterans in attendance Friday for his presentation at Kennedy Junior High School.

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With all the talk of school violence, lockdown drills and other topics that scare kids, Kennedy Junior High language arts teacher Charlotte Bunce says she thought her students needed to meet a real hero. Enter Maj. Guillermo Rosales, who just happens to be an associate of Bunce’s brother. Bunce said the Marine’s story, along with multiple deployments to Iraq’s “Triangle of Death” and Niger, Africa, made him more than qualified. “He’s like a Batman or Captain America of our own, not in a comic strip somewhere,” Bunce said.
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    • Marine Maj. Guillermo Rosales has served two tours of duty in Iraq and was awarded the Bronze Star for bravery. He’s stationed in Chicago now and lives in Wheeling.
    • Marine Maj. Guillermo Rosales visited Kennedy Junior High School in Lisle Friday to speak to students about the importance of making smart choices.
    • Marine Maj. Guillermo Rosales greeted a small group of veterans in attendance Friday for his presentation at Kennedy Junior High School.
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