Face of Defense: Fourth Deployment Brings Reflection to Marine

By Gunnery Sgt. Brenda L. Varnadore, USMC | Special to American Forces Press Service
RAMADI, Iraq, Nov. 7, 2007 - Marine Sgt. David Smith III said he believes joining the Marine Corps for action was the right decision. He has been a part of many conflicts in his four years in the Marine Corps and would have it no other way.

Smith, a squad leader with Company C, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, joined the Marine Corps with the desire to see what was outside Port Huron, Mich., where he grew up, while helping others experience the freedom he enjoyed in his younger years.

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