American Valor Quarterly Issue 6 - Spring/Summer 2009 | Page 37
The Few and the Proud
Marines in the Battle of Fallujah
By Sgt. Jason Arellano
Growing up in New Mexico, I watched as my older cousins joined
the United States Marine Corps, even seeing one of them graduate
from MCRD in San Diego. I remember looking up to them quite
a bit, and thinking to myself just how awesome the Marine Corps
was. I began to see myself as eventually being a part of the Corps. I
remember watching the television during Operation Desert Storm,
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