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"Although a dress uniform is not part of the regular equipment, most of the Negro Marines spend $54 out of their pay for what is generally considered the snappiest uniform in the armed services." |
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"First Negro Marines decorated by the famed Second Marine Division somewhere in the Pacific. Staff Sgt, Timerlate Kirven and Cpl. Samuel J. Love, Sr. They received Purple Hearts for wounds received in the Battle of Saipan." |
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"Pfc. Luther Woodward, a member of the Fourth Ammunition Company, admires the Bronze Star awarded to him for 'his bravery, initiative and battle-cunning.' The award was later updated to the Silver Star." |
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"Marines, following the rapid Japanese retreat northward on Okinawa, pause for a moments rest at the base of a Japanese war memorial." |
