4th grade teacher, Kathy Baucus, at Poplar Elementary in Fontana, Calif., instructed her students to create biographies and write poems about who their heroes are. Some wrote of their parents or the people who raised them. Others wrote of celebrities who are living a wealthy and famous life. But most of the children wrote of a Marine who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was a friend to the school. He was also Kathy Baucus’ husband. - 4th grade teacher, Kathy Baucus, at Poplar Elementary in Fontana, Calif., instructed her students to create biographies and write poems about who their heroes are. Some wrote of their parents or the people who raised them. Others wrote of celebrities who are living a wealthy and famous life. But most of the children wrote of a Marine who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was a friend to the school. He was also Kathy Baucus’ husband.
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif-Lance Cpl. Collin Goldsmith, rifleman, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device Aug, 3, 2012 during a ceremony at the Combat Center’s Sunset Cinema., Lance Cpl. D. J. Wu, 8/6/2012 6:21 AM - Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif-Lance Cpl. Collin Goldsmith, rifleman, Company I, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with a combat distinguishing device Aug, 3, 2012 during a ceremony at the Combat Center’s Sunset Cinema., Lance Cpl. D. J. Wu, 8/6/2012 6:21 AM