Man-To-Man Combat Still Key To Military Strength -- USA Today
One Marine's savage battle with the enemy illustrates that victory in war often depends on the best warriors.
A few years back, Cliff Wooldridge was on a typical path for a young man growing up in a logging town in the Pacific Northwest.
He graduated from high school, went to a diesel-mechanic school and got a job fixing heavy machinery used to harvest timber. Except it didn't feel right.
"On TV, all you heard about was Marines in Iraq, and I wanted to be part of it," Wooldridge says.
In 2007, he walked into the Marine recruiter's office in Port Angeles, Wash. His request to the recruiter was simple: "I want to be the guy you see on TV kicking in doors."
Days later, he was on his way to boot camp and into the annals of Marine Corps history.
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