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, se