Cpl. Matt Jimenez, from left, Steve Carponelli and Cpl. Tony Carponellis fell a tree in Walworth, Wisconsin. Cpl. Carponelli invited friend and unit member Cpl. Jimenez to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine. Both are part of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment which recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan.
Cpl. Tony Carponelli gets "snowed" by his older sister Andrea Griffin during the Carponelli family tree hunt tradition at Country Side Trees in Walworth, Wisconsin on Sunday, December 20, 2009. Cpl. Carponelli invited friend and unit member Cpl. Matt Jimenez(back left) to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine.
Cpl. Matt Jimenez 21, saws a tree down during the Carponelli family tree hunt tradition at Country Side Trees in Walworth, Wisconsin on Sunday, December 20, 2009. Cpl. Tony Carponelli (not pictured) invited friend and unit member Cpl. Jimenez to spend Christmas with his family in Palatine. Carponelli and Jimenez are both part of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marine regiment which recently returned from deployment in Afghanistan.
Saw this ran in the Trib on Christmas day....here is a link to the story.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/southsouthwest/chi-midwest-christmas-25-dec25,0,3216137.storychicagotribune.com
