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Two Marine Iwo Jima veterans look out the window toward Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before he joins the 4th Marine Division reunion at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 5, 2007. Pace was the keynote speaker at the national reunion

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Two Marine Iwo Jima veterans look out the window toward Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before he joins the 4th Marine Division reunion at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 5, 2007. Pace was the keynote speaker at the national reunion

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