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Article: Judge works to honor Latinos' contribution in Korean War.(The Orange County Register)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 30, 2002
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LA HABRA, Calif. _ It's hot, sunny day as I pull around the bend to La Casa Avenue in the heart of La Habra's longtime Mexican-American neighborhood of Alta Vista.
This quiet suburb of tidy homes is the place where David Mejia grew up in a one-story house painted the color of pistachio ice cream.
I park a few doors down from the old Mejia home, where I'm to meet David's brother, Frank, at his home.
Instead, a living room full of Mejias greet me. Brothers, sisters, even David's best friend, Albert "Sharky" Torres, have come together to tell the story of the brother, the friend, the son who was killed in the Korean War at age 23.
They ...