Transcript: California Town Hit Hard by War Losses

STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
03-27-2007
California Town Hit Hard by War Losses

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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STEVE INSKEEP, host:

And now let's visit a small town that suffered some big losses in Iraq.

Hemet, California has a population of 68,000. And of that population, eight people have been killed in the conflict in Iraq.

Here's NPR's Mandalit del Barco.

MANDALIT DEL BARCO: Hemet is a dusty desert town two hours east of L.A. More than half its population are retirees, many of them World War II and Vietnam vets living in mobile home parks. And then there are the new housing developments filled with lots of young people. Many of them have been signing up ...

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