OC Register
By ERIKA I. RITCHIE
STAFF WRITER
Published: Dec. 12, 2014
Original memorial was installed at old Naval Hospital in 1983 but was damaged when it was moved.
JOSHUA SUDOCK , STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Raul Avina created a corpsmen monument in 1983. The monument was in front of the Naval Regional Medical Center Camp Pendleton for 31 years. Last year a new Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton opened on the base.
Attempts to move Avina's sculpture didn't go well and a new monument was created from Avina's original.
An unveiling was held Friday at the base. Many of Avina's family members were on hand for the event.
Corpsman are the Marines "docs" in combat and have saved countless lives over the decades.
"They will do this because each and every one of them know that their Marines will protect them with their very lives as well, he added."read more here
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