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LEMOORE, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - 41 years later, a World War II seasoned is being recognized astatine the Lemoore Cemetery.
Manuel Moraga Enriquez passed distant successful 1981 and was ne'er fixed the due subject salute, honors and memorial aft warring for this country.
His great-granddaughter posted astir the family's desperation connected Facebook- calling for the community's help.
Lemoore Mayor Patricia Mathews and the assemblage responded to the pleas.
"41 years to get the due headstone, get the recognition. And I deliberation it conscionable you know; bully radical conscionable privation the close happening to happen. Right. That's truly what it comes down to. And conscionable coming present contiguous and seeing what it means to the household says it all," Xavier Avila said.
Now helium receives the long-awaited memorial that his household fought for each these years.
His granddaughter Stephanie Espinoza says helium would beryllium proud.
"It was hard to travel permission him flowers, and we didn't adjacent person a basal oregon anything. So present we person two. So present we can, you know, we person a spot and permission him something. And adjacent that conscionable means a batch to us," Espinoza said.
She says her gramps would deliberation this infinitesimal was beauteous great.
"If helium was here, his favourite connection would beryllium 'chingon' for everything. And so, helium astir apt would say, 'that's beauteous chingon that this is happening,'" Espinoza said.
His daughter, Mary Enriquez says she was pleasantly amazed erstwhile she was told this memorial was happening.
"I ne'er thought it was going to happen, but I'm happy," Enriquez said.
Now her begetter tin yet remainder peacefully.
"He'd beryllium truly grateful and thankful. Yeah. He's astir apt looking astatine america close now," Enriquez said.
Family members honoring him accidental helium was a bully man; precise good known successful the assemblage and consciousness a consciousness of alleviation helium is receiving designation for his service.
