Ramon Romero, 19
When his mother worried about his joining the Marines he told her: 'Mom, if everyone thought like you, this country wouldn't be free. We need people to defend the country.' He planned to become a police officer after leaving the military, in part because his family home in Watts was burglarized several times.
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