Interviewed by:

Taylor Branch and Kaelly Farrell

"You are protected well when you get deployed and you trust the people that are around you,
and just the experience for something like that, you know, I do recommend it."

~ Ryan Doolittle (00:23:41)

Ryan Doolittle's Story:

Have you ever heard of an Angel Flight? Ryan Doolittle, born on March 5, 1985, joined the Marines right after high school. As a high school student he would spend his days working with his dad in the garage; however, a day after his eighteenth birthday Mr. Doolittle joined the United States Marines and was deployed to Iraq twice, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On one of these deployments he experienced one of his worst memories, loading the bodies of fallen soldiers onto a cargo plane. This cargo plane was called an Angel Flight.

Yet, Mr. Doolittle enjoyed serving in the Marines and didn't mind going back a second time. Even after all the brutal boot camp training and being far from home, Mr. Doolittle didn't regret serving our nation. Now, in 2016, he leads an accomplished life and is the supervisor of a construction company.