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    For Mother Of Marine Killed In Afghanistan, Memorial Day 'Has A Very Special Significance'

    "He was a person that kind of drew people to himself," Janice Chance says of her son, Marine Corps Capt. Jesse Melton. "I would call him a 'quiet storm.' "
    May 28, 2018 4 minutes
    Marine Corps Capt. Jesse Melton in Afghanistan in 2008. (Courtesy Janice Chance)

    Janice Chance lost her son, Marine Capt. Jesse Melton, in the war in Afghanistan in September 2008. He was killed when the Humvee he was riding in hit a roadside bomb. The blast also killed another Marine, a Navy corpsman and an Afghan interpreter.

    Before deploying to Afghanistan, Melton had served a tour in Iraq in 2005, and had also been stationed in Okinawa, Japan. He’s buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

    Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Chance, president of Maryland Gold Star Mothers, about her son’s life and service, and how she plans to remember him on Memorial Day.

    Interview Highlights

    On what Memorial Day means to her

    “My Memorial Day has a very special significance, because it’s a

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