Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Camp Pendleton Marines fill Christmas wish for teen battling cancer

Marines fill wish for teen
UT San Diego
By Linda McIntosh
DEC. 24, 2013
Jared Gonzales (in Santa cap) and his family stand with Marines from Camp Pendleton who escorted him on a Make-A-Wish shopping spree at the Westfield North County Mall. While the Marines walked with Jared through the mall, they answered his questions about joining the Marine Corps. Photo by Cpl. Orrin G. Farmer

CAMP PENDLETON — A group of Camp Pendleton Marines made a Christmas wish come true for a teen fighting cancer. Jared Gonzales, a North County 15-year old, recently finished his fifth round of chemotherapy in a six-month fight against non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.

Jared’s long-time dream is to be a Marine. His Facebook page shows him dressed in camis from his uncle who served in the Marine Corps. The caption says, “Thank you Uncle Dave for the uniform.”
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