Iwo Jima veteran meets new Marines at USO Raleigh event
Fred Reidenbach, 97, a Rochester, New York native and 4th Marine Division sergeant, recalls landing at Iwo Jima aboard a patrol craft and sharing his brandy rations. Dozens of new Marines visited the USO at Raleigh Durham International Airport on the anniversary, meeting a man who survived one of Marine history’s bloodiest battles.
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Fred Reidenbach
Iwo Jima
U.S
Japan
Reidenbach
4Th Marine Division
Rochester
New York
Fuquay- Varina
USO
Raleigh- Durham International Airport
Marine Corps
San Diego
Parris Island
South Carolina
USO Center
Camp Lejeune
Jessica Larsen
Kent
Washington
Larsen
Trevor Richeloe
Odessa
Texas
Camp Pendleton
California
Richeloe
Wrestler Melissa Paul Finds Family Through Fighting Spirit
Marine wrestler Melissa Paul, raised amid instability and a drug troubled mother, battled to find a home and education in Alaska before pursuing wrestling full time. She became a national champion, earned a world bronze, and used injuries to advocate for foster children, speaking of family as team and care rather than blood.
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Sgt
Melissa Paul
Colorado
Alaska
Paul
Naval Weapons Station
Yorktown
Colorado Springs
Changes coming to Naval Hospital Beaufort
A Pentagon plan to realign U S military medical facilities will end overnight care at Naval Hospital Beaufort in Port Royal South Carolina with a shift to outpatient services including surgeries within three months The 127 acre Beaufort River campus along with clinics at MCAS Beaufort and MCRD Parris Island serves recruits personnel and retirees and those hospitalized will be treated at network facilities such as Beaufort Memorial Hospital The transition affects 120 military personnel and 62 civilians while Beaufort Memorial is deemed able to absorb fewer than 300 annual patients The report notes ongoing facility assessments and a goal to replace clinic buildings forming a proposed super clinic at MCAS Beaufort while keeping some overnight beds for recruits not requiring hospitalization It follows the 2016 Defense Authorization Act oversight by the Defense Health Agency and is part of the broader restructure outlined to Congress
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Reidenbach
Iwo Jima
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Tinian
Japan
Marine Corps
Beaufort County
South Carolina
U.S
Pentagon
Naval Hospital
Parris Island
Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Congress
Naval Hospital Beaufort
Beaufort Memorial
Savannah
Defense Health Agency
Air Station
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