His father, Nirmal Singh, keeps a poster on a wall in his home in Antelope, California, calling the corporal an American hero.
Los Angeles: Voicing support for a fallen Pakistani-origin American soldier’s parents who had come under attack from Donald Trump, the family of a slain Sikh Marine has said they were “hurt” by his remarks and it amounted to playing “political games”.
Five years after he was shot to death by enemy fighters in Afghanistan, Marine Cpl. Gurpreet Singh’s bedroom is still decorated in red, white and blue and his dress uniform hangs in his closet with medals pinned to it. His father, Nirmal Singh, keeps a poster on a wall in his home in Antelope, California, calling the corporal an American hero.
Singh and his family have spent much of the past week watching the immigrant parents of another fallen military service member spar with Trump. “It hurts. I don’t know why. It’s like they’re playing political games with a Gold Star family,” Nirmal told The Sacramento Bee. Gold Star families are immediate relatives of US Armed Forces members who died in battle or in support of military activities.
