Pacific Palisades ~ Palisadian-Post -
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Published on: 2/9/2006
Last Visited: 2/9/2006
At 4 p.m., people began filing into the church, where Pastor Steve Faubian led the audience in singing 'God Bless America,' and then in a prayer.
A personable and entertaining speaker, Gregory began his speech with background information about his service to date.After growing up in the Palisades, he attended Villanova University and joined the Marines the day he graduated.Last year he was sent to northeastern Afghanistan, where he served as the executive officer of an infantry company of 200 men'his first time in combat.
Gregory's anecdotes of his times in Afghanistan were peppered with jokes, and he emphasized important events and people with video clips or digital pictures.