Photo By: Gary AllenHeartfelt thanks
Sgt. Sal Trujillo speaks after receiving the George Washington Patriot Award from the Chehalem Valley Sportsman’s Club Thursday in a ceremony at the Public Safety Building. Vern Wigley (left) of the CVSC read of Trujillo’s actions in Iraq that garnered him the award.
Salvador “Sal” Trujillo remembers everything about the explosion — the violent thud when the roadside bomb detonated, the smell of the diesel fuel splashed on him, the flash of the flames and the sounds of him and his fellow Marines screaming in pain.
