Stories

Name: Benjamin Cain

Age: 27

Hometown: Oshkosh, Wis.

Military Rank/Unit: Corporal, E-4 : 3rd Battalion 10th Marines (artillery unit), 2nd Battalion 10th Marines (artillery unit), and Headquarters Battalion Truck Company (truck driving unit)

Tours: September 2003 – March 2004, Camp Al Asad, Iraq and September 2004 – March 2005, Camp Blue Diamond (across the river from Ramadi, Iraq, 68 miles west of Baghdad)

BEN CAIN

by Jessica Sosnoski

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Make no mistake. Ben Cain is a Marine through and through. His grandfather, a Marine for 32 years, has taught him the proud tradition of the Corps. Cain enlisted with the Marine Corps in November 2002 and has been deployed to Iraq twice. Although currently inactive, he can be called back at any time to finish the four years on his contract. If and when that happens, Cain says he is ready…just like a good Marine.

It’s been something I always wanted to do. I grew up as a kid knowing that I wanted to join the military. What service? I didn’t know, but when it came down to it, the Marine Corps was the best, and I wanted to be the best…

The rest of the story can be found in the book War: Through Their Eyes, which is sold at the University Books & More.

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