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2012-09-22 Afghanistan

How a Marine squadron commander came to die at Camp Bastion

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-09-22 13:44|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ...Didn't know until yesterday that the unit at Bastion was VMA-211 - the unit that held Wake Island against the Japanese for two weeks in December of 1941.

Tradition runs deep.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2012-09-22 16:27|| 2012-09-22 16:27|| Front Page Top

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