Web Posted: 10/30/2009 7:12 CDT
A patriot's path to citizenship
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By Sig Christenson

Williams P. Martinez could have taken an easier route to becoming an American.

But if he had, Martinez, a specialist wounded in Afghanistan, wouldn't have gotten a Purple Heart, his citizenship and a new first name in the same ceremony — and he wouldn't have bubbled over after receiving his naturalization certificate at Fort Sam Houston.

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