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[SPC J. Taylor] Recently, 25 military members became American citizens
during a naturalization ceremony at Camp Mabry in Austin.
Servicemembers from 16 different countries earned their citizenship at the annual American
Heroes Celebration by swearing their loyalty to the United States
for the second time in their life. I've been waiting for this moment for a long
time--officially. And...I'm sorry. I'm emotional.
I'm really excited that actually I became a US citizen.
And I'll serve any day, at any time, in any place.
[Taylor] The backdrop for the ceremony was the moving Vietnam War Memorial Wall.
The half-scale replica contains over 58,000 names of men and women killed
or missing in action from Vietnam. It's just an honor to have that wall in front
of us. And I'm glad I'm serving for them and fighting
for our country.