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Military & Veterans' Issues

Military & Veterans' Issues

1943 induction ceremony
Courtesy photo
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Participants gathered atop the historic Marine Corps induction center at 118 Broadway to honor 13 Rio Grande Valley Marines sworn in there in 1943, including Harlan Block, who would later help raise the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima.