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Derek Herrera, a second-year student in the UCLA Anderson School of Management&#039;s executive business program, planned to be a career Marine until it was no longer possible because of an injury. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin staff)

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Ex-Marine student combats injury, hopes to make impact through business

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Derek Herrera was in combat when a sniper’s bullet struck him on a Special Operations mission in Afghanistan in June 2012. “It’s inherently risky what we do (in the military),” Herrera said.

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Ex-Marine student combats injury, hopes to make impact through business

By Casey Kovarik

Nov. 18, 2014 1:18 a.m.