On this day in 1945, Private First Class John “Johnny” Córdova, the third generation of a proud family of Castaic homesteaders, died of his wounds in the Battle of Okinawa. Born on June 13, 1923, to Marcos and Rosa Pauline Córdova, Johnny Córdova came from a line of Californians with deep roots in the Santa Clarita Valley. His grandfather, Jesús ...

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