You could say the men in Tony W. Rodriques’ family have the U.S. Marine Corps in their blood.
At least three generations of his family have served with the Marines – beginning with him during the tail end of the Vietnam War – in the past four decades.
Two of his sons also served in the Marines. He has one grandson, in the Marines with another one about to join and a third planning on enlisting when he finishes high school in a little over two years.
In 1974 Rodriques was 18 and three months away from finishing high school when he dropped ...