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Name: Matthew Young Age: 27 Hometown: Kimberly, Wis. Military Rank/Unit: Sergeant, squad leader, U.S. Marine Corps/Fox Company 2nd Battalion 24th Marine Regiment Tours: February-June 2003, Kuwait; September, 2004-March 2005, Mahmudiyah, Iraq MATTHEW YOUNGby Jessica Sosnoski and Grace Lim Once a Marine... Matthew Young is no bystander. Where there is action, Young wants to be in the mix of it. He enlisted with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1999 to serve his country, and, as he puts it, "to make a difference in the world." Although Young completed his contract with the Marines in May 2005, he remains forever a Marine. The enemy had the mortars right on top of my squad, meaning that they were falling within a few feet of my position. After the first one hit, we all hit the ground. You don't run away. You don't ever run away… The rest of the story can be found in the book War: Through Their Eyes, which is sold at the University Books & More. PodcastsThe following files are also available for download to your iPod through UW Oshkosh iTunesU (requires iTunes). Audio Files
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