CALIFORNIA CAPITOL FLAG AT HALF MAST FOR SCOTT ZUBOWSKI
GAAS:540:05FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE11/16/2005
Governor Schwarzenegger Issues Statement on Death of Two Twentynine Palms Marines: Lance Cpl. David A. Mendez Ruiz & Lance Cpl. Scott A. Zubowski
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today released the following statement regarding the deaths of Lance Cpl. David A. Mendez Ruiz of Cleveland, OH and Lance Cpl. Scott A. Zubowski of Manchester, IN:
"There is no higher calling than to fight for one's country in the struggle for freedom. Lance Cpl. Ruiz and Lance Cpl. Zubowski served this nation with determination and dignity.
Maria and I send our deepest condolences to these two Marines' families as they mourn them."
Ruiz, 20, and Zubowski, 20, died Nov. 12 as a result of injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device while conducting combat operations against enemy forces in Al Amiriyah, Iraq. Both Marines were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marines Expeditionary Force, Twentynine Palms, CA. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, their unit was attached to 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force.
In honor of Lance Cpl. Ruiz and Lance Clp. Zubowski, Capitol flags will be flown at half-staff.
GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER · SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814 · (916) 445-2841
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