Kenyan immigrant joined Marine Corps after being saved from plane crash, traveling world

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Lance Corporal Douglas O. Ongiyo, a financial resource management analyst with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, stands watch as his partner searches a training dummy during Desert Fire Exercise here, May 6. Ongiyo, a 27-year-old native of Kenya, speaks nine languages and holds a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Western Michigan University. He was rescued by Marines from a plane crash in Somalia when he was 15 years old.

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Date Taken:05.06.2012

Date Posted:05.25.2012 15:26

Photo ID:588287

VIRIN:120506-M-XZ121-140

Resolution:5184x3456

Size:5.11 MB

Location:MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, US