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For families of two slain soldiers, at last, closure
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The Boston Globe
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July 12, 2008
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For months, the banner bearing a photograph of Army Sergeant Alex
Jimenez and Private Byron W. Fouty dressed in their battle fatigues
was a beacon of hope. "Together they serve our nation, together they
come home," it said.
Strung on a fence outside Jimenez's father's Lawrence apartment
yesterday, it took on a new meaning. After 14 months missing, the
men were on their way home, but not in the way their loved ones had
hoped.
Instead, a weathered POW-MIA flag tacked on the front of Ramon
"Andy" Jimenez's Albion Street home was replaced with a bright
American flag, and friends and family bearing food and flowers
passed by a makeshift memorial as they arrived to express their
condolences.
"One ...