CINCINNATI — Heath Garcia grew up telling friends his family was "the true story of Saving Private Ryan, but with a happy ending where all the brothers came home."

Garcia was talking about his grandfather, Tony Viessman, one of six brothers who served active duty during World War II and Korea. Their two brothers-in-law served as well.

The family's military tradition started in Missouri, but some of Garcia's relatives live in the Tri-State area. Garcia remembers volunteering at the Cincinnati Zoo as a teenager.

His family's service always had a certain pull for him.

"It was kind of something that was always in the back of my mind growing up cause just hearing things that my grandpa would say, things that he did in a short amount of time, you know, jumping out of airplanes, right? I thou

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