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Stories
Name: Jon Jandrin
Age: 25
Hometown: Green Bay, Wis.
Military Rank/Unit: Corporal-special signals intelligence operator, 2nd Radio Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps/ Sergeant, platoon sergeant, Bulk Fuel Detachment B., the ESB, Green Bay, Wis.
Tours: August 2004-March 2005 and October 2005-May 2006, in Fallujah, Ramadi and Hit, Iraq
JON JANDRIN
by Leah Arts
Heeding the Call
Three months before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Jon Jandrin of Green Bay joined the United States Marines Corps. He was 17 and needed his parents to sign off on his decision.
My mother, I was always real close to her growing up, her thought was, “This is my son. Why does he want to do this?” She wouldn’t sign the paper work. She said, “I’m not going to sign it. I’m not going to sign it.” I told her, “Well you can sign it now, or you can not sign it, and when I’m 18, I’ll do it without you.” My mom signed the papers…
The rest of the story can be found in the book War: Through Their Eyes, which is sold at the University Books & More.
Podcasts
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The Call to Serve
In the War Zone
Lessons Learned
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