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Marine recalls Iwo Jima heroism and wartime fate
Clarence L June, wounded at Iwo Jima and later a prosthetics chief, returns his late comrade Yoshiharu Hirai’s father’s artifacts after 50 years. Hirai seeks details about his father’s death, writing to June who had buried him. A decades‑long exchange bridges war and family memory.
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June
Jeanne
Iwo Jima
Clarence
Vietnam
Guam
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
California
Veterans Administration
Long Beach
Calif
Los Angeles
Steven
Hirai
Toshihisa Ono
Seiichi Hirai
Tokyo
Yoshiharu Hirai
Bataan
Clarence L. June
U.S. Marine Corps
3Rd Marine Division