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- My family's really proud
of our name and our heritage.

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My dad was in the Marines
before I was born,

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I had a brother who served in the Navy,

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a uncle that was in the Navy,

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worked as part of Marine
detachment in Vietnam,

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and then a great uncle
who was part of D-Day.

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And actually, we have a road
named after our family now

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in France because of him
storming the beaches there.

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I think that everybody that
I've met in the military

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has been really welcoming as far as,

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comfortable asking
questions about my heritage,

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or other people's heritage
and eager to learn.

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Someone will see my name,

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and I feel like they get
this image in their head

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and then when they meet me,

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and they see me, and they talk to me,

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they just see that I'm another person

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and it's not that big of a deal.

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But, I think it's exciting

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when people wanna learn
about your heritage,

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and it kinda sparks that
interest back in you

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where you know you have
to really think about

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what your heritage is and what it is

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that sets you apart from other people.

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