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Marcus Tarzian, a 2006 graduate of Steamboat Springs High School, is greeted by his mother, Talina Tarzian, on Aug. 21 at Camp Pendleton in California after returning from a tour in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. Talina Tarzian and Mark Tarzian, Marcus’ father, own and operate the Windemere Landscape & Garden Center in Steamboat. Marcus Tarzian will arrive in Steamboat on Sept. 20.
Marine on safe ground
SSHS grad Lance Cpl. Marcus Tarzian completes tour of duty in Iraq Mike Lawrence
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Two local parents are breathing easier after the safe return of their son, Lance Cpl. Marcus Tarzian, from a seven-month deployment to Iraq. Tarzian, 21, graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in 2006 and serves in the U.S. Marine Corps. His father,
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Mark Tarzian, said Marcus is in the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, Fox Company, 1st Platoon, stationed at Camp Pendleton north of San Diego. He left for Iraq in late January and returned to Camp Pendleton with about 400 other soldiers in a homecoming event Aug. 21. His mother, Talina Tarzian, welcomed him off the bus in a scene she described Friday as
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“very joyful.” “There were families, there were newborn babies, grandmothers and grandfathers,” she said of the emotional homecoming, filled with cheering and happy tears from soldiers’ friends and loved ones. “It was a really, really good experience.” Talina, a co-owner of Windemere Landscape & Garden Center in Steamboat Springs, said it took about two hours for
all the soldiers to disembark — and her son was near the end of the line. “I was very patient — it was hard to wait,” she said. “It was nice, though, to see other family members connect with their sons, or fathers, or husbands.” As soon as she saw Marcus, she gave him a hug — then she leaned back and pinched his See Marine, page 11
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