Honoring familes of veterans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan
Snowball Express volunteer Trisha Marshall, left, comforts Vanessa Jiminez, 20, who grieves for her father, Marine 1st Lt. Oscar Jiminez, who was killed in an ambush in Iraq in April 2004. Hundreds of families of war veterans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan attended a week of events hosted by the Snowball Express Foundation. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Reece Mastrapa, 6, cuddles a bunny as his mother, Jennifer, looks on during a carnival held in honor of families of fallen Iraq and Afghanistan veterans at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Tears stream down the face of Army Staff Sgt. Diana McGee of Clarksville, Tenn., as the national anthem is played to open a carnival at the Anaheim Convention Center for families of war veterans killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Jerry Kress of Tustin is among those lining the street outside the Anaheim Convention Center to cheer family members of troops killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Aaron Singleton, 7, of Joshua, Texas, mans a machine gun, while his four brothers play in a military jeep on display at the Anaheim Convention Center. Their father, Army Sgt. Ronald Singleton, died of leukemia in 2006. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Marisa Mastrapa, 13, scurries up a climbing wall sponsored by the U.S. Army at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
