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Memorial Day recalls Stark casualties amid unity events
Tributes focus on the USS Stark deaths as Memorial Day ceremonies unfold across the nation. President Reagan, Navy Secretary Webb, and lawmakers attend observances, while mourners remember 37 sailors lost in the Persian Gulf attack. Flags, wreaths, and memorials mark the somber day as the Constitution bicentennial opens in Philadelphia.
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Stark
Persian Gulf
Goly
Philadelphia
Stars and Stripes
Air Force Mortuary
Dover
Del
Navy
James Webb
Reagan
Reagan At the Tomb of the Unknowns In Arlington National Cemetery
Webb
America
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Washington
Sen
Albert Gore Jr
D-Tenn
Gore
Tom King
Auburn
King
South Pacific
Helen Witt
Fort Worth
Texas
Uss Arena
Pearl Harbor
Fort Campbell
101St Airborne Division
Gander
Newfoundland
Teddy Allen
Massachusetts
Michael Dukakis
Brookline
Dukakis
George Bush
Warren Burger
Bush