War in Iraq claims life of another Vermonter (Boston Globe)

Marine Reservist felt called to enlist By Cristina Silva and Yuxing Zheng, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent | August 7, 2006 He was supposed to come home in October. Lance Corporal Kurt E. Dechen's friends and family were waiting for him in Springfield, Vt., where he grew up, where he spent hours helping his grandmother fix up her backyard after each storm, where he learned to kick a soccer ball and drive his beloved Corvette. He wanted to be a police officer. He enlisted in the Marine Corps ...