What sacrifices do small town communities make when its younger generation goes off to war? In Kyle Longley’s book, the Morenci Marines, he focuses on nine young men that take up the honor and patriotism to leave their small Arizona town to join the marine corp. Longley focuses on the story of how such wars impact small communities when a vast majority of its younger populations leaves to serve its country. With their service in the Marines, their lives along with their friends and family’s would drastically change as they left their homes for Vietnam. Their sacrifice would shape the small town of Morenci, Arizona’s view of the Vietnam War as ultimately several reasons lead to the nine’s service such as patriotism, economics, adventure, and
