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Jesse Flanagan poses for a photo during a Marine Corps pool function in Livonia, Mich., Sept. 9, 2013. Flanagan, 19, had been traveling with his parents, who are missionaries, before journeying more than 8,000 miles back home to join the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada/Released) - Jesse Flanagan poses for a photo during a Marine Corps pool function in Livonia, Mich., Sept. 9, 2013. Flanagan, 19, had been traveling with his parents, who are missionaries, before journeying more than 8,000 miles back home to join the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada/Released)

Michigan teen travels from South Africa to join Marine Corps

Three countries and eight years later, 19-year-old Jesse Flanagan is back on American soil, to become one of America’s Finest, a United States Marine. Flanagan, whose father is from Pinckney, Mich. and mother is from the United Kingdom, was born in Johnson City, N.Y. He traveled to several different countries with his parents who served as

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