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U.S. Navy sailors with the Sewells Point detachment of Navy Munitions Command perform a 21-gun salute in honor of former President Gerald R. Ford at Iowa Point on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Jan. 3, 2007. The 38th president of the United States passed away Dec. 26, 2006.

21-GUN SALUTE

U.S. Navy sailors with the Sewells Point detachment of Navy Munitions Command perform a 21-gun salute in honor of former President Gerald R. Ford at Iowa Point on Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Jan. 3, 2007. The 38th president of the United States passed away Dec. 26, 2006.

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