Marine veteran recalls Tarawa Saipan service and Aiken life
Marines star and Purple Heart veteran recounts years lost from friends after moving to Aiken in 1979. He details wartime wounds on Tarawa and Saipan, a long recovery, marriage, GM career, and final settling in Aiken with wife Lorraine and two children.
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Kimmel
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Los Angeles
Lorraine Manning
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Long Beach Naval Hospital
Lorraine
Long Beach
Karl Ole
Robert C. III
Midwest
Michigan
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Jefferson area veterans honor ceremony with student involvement
Veterans Day program at Jefferson highlighted by performances directed by Derrick Parker Joyce Culp and Amy Seymour. Brianna Williams and others read patriotic essays as Brianna honors her WWII veteran great grandfather Samuel Searles. Principal LaVana McKenzie notes growing attendance and the need for reflection on sacrifice and unity.
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Derrick Parker
Joyce Culp
Jefferson Chorus
America
Amy Seymour
Brianna Williams
Caleb Yar
Paris Wayne
Pars
Kaitlyn Altman
Cameron Driver
Deanna Durden
Bailey Ennis
Haley Glover
Seth Toole
LaVana McKenzie
McKenzie
Samuel Searles
Searles
Jefferson
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