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By LoriAnn Basheda, in 1991

ANAHEIM Michael Lum learned his Marine reserve unit was being shipped to Kuwait on a Monday. His girlfriend cried on Tuesday. They married Wednesday and had an emergency baptism for their newborn daughter on Thursday. He packed his bags Friday and signed a will on Saturday. On Sunday, Nov. 25, Lum left for Kuwait. That day, the 19-year-old Anaheim resident left behind an 18-yearold wife, a daughter and the police academy. But it took nearly a year to realize the war had also forced him to leave behind his innoc"It grew me up real fast," he said. "And it gave me a real respect for life." Lum was one of dozens of Anaheim residents whose lives today are profoundly different than they were one year ago Friday when Iraq invaded Kuwait, triggering the Persian Gulf War.