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Marines pay homage to fallen comrades, family members during holiday season

The months of November and December are filled with events of celebration, including the Marine Corps Birthday Ball and Veterans Day, as well as holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.As Marines and civilian-Marines spend time with their families and loved ones, they are reminded that freedom is not free and that it came at a cost.Lt. Col.

Former POW pilot recounts Vietnam experience

A sold-out crowd of Marines, Sailors, retirees and civilian-Marines gathered before daylight at the Town and Country Grand Ballroom aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany for the annual Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Recognition Breakfast, Sept. 9. Those in attendance assembled to honor former POWs and to remember those still missing in

Former POW shares experience, speaks about patriotism

Army Sgt. Edward DeMent spent 392 days as a prisoner of war before being liberated by Army Gen. George S. Patton, April 29, 1945.He shared his story as a B-24 gunner during the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Breakfast held at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany, Sept. 18.German soldiers captured the Chicago native after his B-24 bomber was shot

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