California’s War Dead

    Marcus S. Glimpse

    Marcus S. Glimpse, 22

    Marines, Lance Corporal
    Baghdad (west of), Iraq
    Gender: Male
    Glimpse was an excellent Marine, one I had complete confidence in and would trust with my life. I never once heard him complain about anything because it was too hard or too difficult to do.... We will remember him forever, a Marine everyone, including myself, should strive to be.
    — Stephen Disharoon, Marine Corporal in a letter to Glimpse's parents

    As a teenager, Glimpse dropped out of high school, painted his fingernails black and sported a fuchsia mohawk. He couldn't hold a job, even at Blockbuster store 500 yards from his home where he was fired for being perpetually late. He enlisted after his twin brother became an Army paratrooper.
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