“The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez” | Giving dignity to soldier’s death

“As the American death toll in Iraq nears 3,300, the German documentary “The Short Life of José Antonio Gutierrez” offers a moving reminder that the first name on that ever-growing list was a good-natured Guatemalan in pursuit of the American dream. When José Antonio Gutierrez was killed in Iraq presumably by friendly fire on March 21, 2003, he was one of countless illegal Latino “green-card soldiers” who traded military service for U.S. citizenship.”

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