Juan Mejia arrived in Tarrytown from Ecuador when he was four years old, and enjoyed his youth here walking around, forging small-town friendships.
Now an article in DVIDS, a media portal connecting the world with the military serving overseas, profiles his journey to citizenship at the age of 16, followed by a military career that’s taken him to Afghanistan three times in four years.
Read the full article of Cpl. Meijia's journey in Dvidshub.net here.
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