Toni Elliott A Veteran Story

Toni Elliott was born in Laramie in 1970 to James and Nancy Elliott. Elliott has a strong family military history. Her father was a marine in the Korean war. Her great-uncles, with whom she was very close, were in the United States Navy and United States Army during WWII. Her paternal grandfather was in the military in WWII. Her grandmother's second husband died in the United States Navy during WWII.

Elliott graduated from Laramie High School in 1988. Her best friend, Tara Wright and she, both with Marine fathers, wanted to join the Marines, but neither of the fathers wanted that. Therefore, t...