Mora selected as top Devil Pup

Daniel Mora's father is on a United States Marine Corps deployment assignment and isn't scheduled to return until Sept. 29, but Daniel spent part of the summer experiencing some of his father's activities through Camp Pendleton's Devil Pups program. His 10-day regiment led him to be selected as the Company Honor Pup and the recipient of the Holland M. Smith Award as the top Devil Pup from among the session's 333 participants.

œThat surprised me, Daniel said. œI was pretty excited when I got the award.

Daniel, who began middle school in Virginia and moved to Fallbrook while in seventh grade,...