My Country To Defend

A.E. Dimond
Format: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook all available
Paperback Price: $21.95
Published: iUniverse, 2004
All formats include a 19-page photo gallery
ISBN: 0-595-33484-9

 
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ABOUT PFC DIEGO RINCON

Hear Jorge Rincon speak on making the ultimate sacrifice for the American dream

Hear A.E. Dimond speak on My Country to Defend

The real heart and great irony of My Country to Defend is that an immigrant family once came to the United States of America  they wanted to make a go of things where their children could live safely, play freely without the daily threats of bombs and drug cartels that their native Colombia presented. In doing so, they achieved a kind of rags-to-riches story the United States affords those who work so hard  in the end, they lost the one thing that mattered most, to a suicide bomber at a military checkpoint in Al-Najaf, Iraq.

They lost the soldier son whom they had raised to love liberty more than life; they lost to the War on Terror the very violence they had sought to escape; and they lost, in some incomprehensible way, the heartbeat that was their patriot team.

Diego Rincon was inspired to fight for his adopted homeland following the brutal attacks of September 11. His anger and sadness following this tragic event were shared by millions around the world. Yet it was his resolve to fight against the lethal threats of terrorism that ultimately compelled him to Iraq with the "Rock of the Marne." He served with the famed Third Infantry Division of Ft. Stewart, Georgia in a tip of the spear role in combat. The suicide attack that took Diego's life at Al-Najaf was the first of its kind during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Diego Rincon was awarded posthumous citizenship in a gesture that inspired national law.

"PFC Diego Rincon and the ultimate sacrifice he made for his adopted homeland is a reflection of a deep and abiding commitment to freedom-that freedom being placed in the context of a family whose earlier life experience was not so blessed," says A.E. Dimond, the book's author. "It is the story of one immigrant family's love of country and the price they paid for their newly acquired American dream."

About PFC Diego Rincon's Service

Diego was a member of the 3rd Infantry Division's 2nd Batallion, 7th Infantry Regiment. He earned the Combat Infantryman Badge and was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation Medal, and the National Defense Medal for Operation Iraqi Freedom