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Ronald Hemenway, a late-bloomer who joined the Navy at 30, became an electronics technician so skilled he landed a Pentagon job—only to be among the 125 lost when Flight 77 struck. A Wasilla High grad and self-taught encyclopedia reader, he built a life in Italy with his wife Marinella and two kids, embodying hands-on fatherhood. Tragically, his remains were never recovered due to the fire’s 3,000-degree heat. Ten years after 9/11, his parents honored him at his high school memorial—a Battlefield Cross still tended by neighbors who weep each time they visit, a living tribute to a man whose quiet determination left an enduring mark.

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