Tobiason

"I love my country, and I know that if I was to die for it, it would've been an honor dying for something so precious as freedom is for all of us," Tobiason wrote.

November Iraq glimpses 2007

For example, Tobiason brewed homemade wine _ and even that went to a good cause.

November Iraq glimpses 2007

John J. Tobiason was known as hard to get to know.

November Iraq glimpses 2007

Tobiason, 42, of Bloomington, Minn., died Nov. 28 in Baghdad of injuries from an incident that is under investigation.

November Iraq glimpses 2007

Sgt. 1st Class John J. Tobiason, 42, of Bloomington, Minn., died Nov. 28 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries suffered from an incident that is currently under investigation.

Gulf War II 2007

FOREMAN: Tobiason was scheduled to come home in October, but he volunteered to stay behind to help train his younger comrades.

CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2007 2007

Tobiason was one of the older members of his unit.

CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2007 2007

Tobiason says imagine the end results if every person on Guam just picked up literally one piece of trash every day.

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Tobiason stocked up on food coloring, pastry bag tips and paint brushes.

HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009

Tobiason began building gingerbread houses in the 1950s.

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