Army Legacies: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Raul Alfaro
Born on the 17th of February in 1929, Raul Alfaro was the first of two boys born to Jesus and Eulojia Alfaro. Roy was born in Longview, but was raised in Tyler, Texas, along with his younger brother, Alfonso. It was there in Tyler that Roy and his brother would find themselves beginning journeys each Saturday taking them twenty miles on their bikes or to the swamps to hunt for fish and snakes. These journeys would include a cross county path that would end with the two brothers enjoying...
