Brian Dix left his hometown of Grapevine, Texas when he was 17 years old to join the United States Marine Corps.
Dix’s father, grandfather, and several uncles had served in the Marine Corps. The young Dix didn’t have any plans to go to college, and he couldn’t afford it. He had always felt a sense of duty toward the nation, and that feeling only solidified after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
