WWII vet receives lost medals
Tina Cordova, center, fastens a medal to World War II veteran Onesimo Rios as his wife Helen, right, looks on. Rios received his service medals while being honored by Gallup mayor Jackie McKinney at Don Diego's Restaurant on Friday. ©2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Gaye Brown de Alvarez
Staff writer

GALLUP — Former Pfc. Onesimo Rios enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 17, 1941, when he was 18 years old.

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