October 6, 2008By The Editor
Even strangers at the L.A./Ontario International Airport terminal were brought to tears when Army Spc. Christopher Koning was reunited with his family. It was the Chino resident's first trip home since being wounded by an improvised explosive device June 20 in Iraq.
Words, hugs and kisses were exchanged Friday between Koning and his grandmother, parents, sister, girlfriend, cousin and uncle; some of them had not seen him since the incident.
"I'm glad that he is home," his grandmother Leoma DeHarty said.
Koning, 20, was awarded a Purple Heart in...
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