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As a Geospatial Engineer for the Army National Guard, Zachary DeRose creates maps that help U.S. and allied troops plan their military operations. The son of Edward and Cristine Churchill DeRose, Zachary DeRose was born in Worth, Illinois. He has an older half-brother and a younger sister. When DeRose was 3 years old, the family moved to Plainfield, where he grew up. DeRose’s paternal grandfather emigrated from Sicily. Most holidays were celebrated at DeRose’s paternal grandparents’ home in Oak Lawn because his maternal grandparents lived in downstate Illinois. “We always had big family feasts, 20 to 30 of us at …